VS 2022 Tools for MicroStation CONNECT Edition

Visual Studio 2022 Tools for MicroStation CONNECT Edition

Seamlessly Integrations of Visual Studio and MicroStation - A more reliable, productive, robust and simply more enjoyable development experience.

Introduction
Supported Bentley Products
Features
Environment Variables

Introduction

Welcome to Visual Studio Tools for MicroStation.

Supported Bentley Products

Additional applications you may try.

C# and VB .Net Project Templates

Create the following C# and VB. Net projects.

Template	Description
MicroStation Add-In	Create a MicroStation add-in without a command table.
MicroStation Add-In Command Table	Create a MicroStation add-in with a command table for using keyins.
MincroStation Windows Form Application	Create an external Windows application for MicroStation.
MicroStation Wpf Application	Create an external WPF application for MicroStation.

Type "MicroStation" in the Create a New Project dialog box to begin.

Build your project

C++ Project Templates

Create the following C++ projects.

Template	Description
MicroStation Managed	Create a MicroStation managed/CLR add-in without a command table.
MicroStation Managed Command	Create a MicroStation managed/CLR add-in with a command table for using keyins.
MicroStation Native	Create a Microstation native add-in without a command table.
MicroStation Native Command	Create a Microstation native add-in with a command table for using keyins.

C#, VB .Net, and C++ Item Templates

Add the following C# or VB .Net items to your project. The item templates are based on three categories: Code, Window Forms, and WPF

Code

Template	Description
Class	Add an empty class
Key-In Command Table	Create a Commands.xml and a KeyinCommands.cs file mapped to the Commands.xml. One command table is allowed per project.
Placement Tool	Add an item that inherits from DgnPrimitiveTool class to create and place elements.
Scan Criteria Extension	Add this utility extension to assist in creating a scan criteria.
Selection Tool	Add an item that inherits from DgnElementSetTool class to modify elements.

Window Form

Template	Description
IPrimitive Command Windows Form	Add an item to implement the IPrimitiveCommandEvents interface implements a new element-creation command with a Windows Form tool settings.
Placement Tool Windows Form	Add an item that inherits from the DgnPrimitiveTool class to create and place elements with a Windows Form tool settings.
Selection Tool Windows Form	Add an item that inherits from the DgnElementSetTool class to modify elements with a Windows Form tool settings.
Windows Form	Add an item to create a simple Windows Form

WPF

Template	Description
IPrimitive Command (WPF)	Add an item to implement the IPrimitiveCommandEvents interface implements a new element-creation command with a WPF User Control tool settings.
Placement Tool (WPF)	Add an item that inherits from the DgnPrimitiveTool class to create and place elements with a WPF User Control tool settings.
Selection Tool (WPF)	Add an item that inherits from the DgnElementSetTool class to modify elements with a WPF User Control tool settings.
Toolbar (WPF)	Add an item to create a Toolbar using a WPF User Control.
User Control (WPF)	Add an item to create a WPF User Control.

Add a new item

And choose to add the item to the MicroStation Keyin Command Table or not

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Import Native C++ applications to Visual Studio

You can import existing MicroStation C++ applications directly into Visual Studios. From the Visual Studio main menu, click Tools|Bentley|Import Bentley Native App and select the make (.mke) file for the project you want to import. Imported Bentley C++ projects make use of a batch file that is created when creating your first project. There are three batch files created at C:\ProgramData\VSTMC\

File	SDK
AECOsimBuild.bat	AECOSim SDK
MSCEBuild.bat	MicroStation Connect Edition SDK
ORDBuild.bat	OpenRoads Designer SDK

Import

Search Bentley forums easily within Visual Studio

VSTMCSearch

Keyin Command Table (Command.xml) Intellisense

In order to enable the Keyin command table IntelliSense by default, the KeyinTree.xsd file should be placed in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\<Visual Studio Product>\Xml\Schemas folder. This will be done automatically for you if you create at least one project in administrative mode.

A copy of KeyinTree.xsd is saved to C:\ProgramData\VSTMC\KeyinTree\ for reference.

If KeyinTree.xsd is installed, it should be shown in the Visual Studio XML schema list.

Snippets for MicroStation and OpenRoads

Additional resource links for Getting Started with the Bentley SDK, the Bentley Forums, and training.

VSTMCFolders

Set up Environment Variables

The following environment variables need to be set prior to starting Visual Studio for the application to run correctly.

Variable	Value	Example
BentleyApp	Name of Bentley application	OpenRoadsDesigner.exe
BentleyAppPath	Bentley application path	C:\Program Files\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE 10.10\OpenRoadsDesigner\
BentleyIncludePath	Bentley app SDK include files	C:\Program Files\Bentley\%BentleySDK%\include\
BentleyLibraryPath	Bentley app SDK library files	C:\Program Files\Bentley\%BentleySDK%\library\
BentleyMDLPath	Bently app MDL Path. Apps build to this path.	C:\Program Files\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE 10.10\OpenRoadsDesigner\Mdlapps\
BentleyNativeBatchFile	Batch file to process C++ apps	C:\ProgramData\VSTMC\ORDBuild.bat
BentleyReferencePath	Default reference paths	C:\Program Files\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE 10.10\OpenRoadsDesigner\Assemblies\
		C:\Program Files\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE 10.10\OpenRoadsDesigner\Assemblies\ECFramework\
		C:\Program Files\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE 10.10\OpenRoadsDesigner\Assemblies\ECFramework\extensions\
		C:\Program Files\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE 10.10\OpenRoadsDesigner\
		C:\Program Files\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE 10.10\OpenRoadsDesigner\Assemblies\ECFramework\en\
		C:\Program Files\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE 10.10\OpenRoadsDesigner\Cif\
BentleySDKPath	Bentley SDK Path	C:\Program Files\Bentley\%BentleySDK%\
BentleySDK	Bentley SDK (Optional for variable %BentleySDK%)	MicroStationCONNECTSDK

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