Using EDG without starting Microstation
Allin Knight
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I seem to remember somebody once saying that it was possible to use the
EDG program from the DOS command line without first having to start the
Microstation graphics engine first then shelling out to DOS. Can
anybody confirm if this is so, and how is it done.
Thanks in advance
Allin Knight
[axkn...@bechtel.com]
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<DT>Thanks in advance</DT>
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<DT>[axkn...@bechtel.com]</DT>
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Ed Howington
Allin Knight wrote:
>
> I seem to remember somebody once saying that it was possible to use
> the EDG program from the DOS command line without first having to
> start the Microstation graphics engine first then shelling out to
> DOS. Can anybody confirm if this is so, and how is it done.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Allin Knight
> [axkn...@bechtel.com]
This is correct. The EDG command is entirely independent of the
MicroStation graphics environment and is executed with the EDG
executable in the EDG directory. We've been unable to perform EDG on
dgn files located on a novell network server, so if we're doing EDG, we
copy the file to a local drive.
Edward Reynolds
Allin Knight wrote:
>
> I seem to remember somebody once saying that it was possible to use
> the EDG program from the DOS command line without first having to
> start the Microstation graphics engine first then shelling out to
> DOS. Can anybody confirm if this is so, and how is it done.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Allin Knight
> [axkn...@bechtel.com]
Within version 4 MicroStation, a "ustation NULL" or equivalent
was required(started a subsystem of MicroStation) to run
EDG. This is no longer the case in MicroStation 95.
For additional information reference the EDG TechNote found on
the SELECT Online WEB page.
http://www.bentley.com/services/
Hope this helps,
Ed Reynolds
Dennis Melby
Allin Knight wrote:
>
> I seem to remember somebody once saying that it was possible to use the
> EDG program from the DOS command line without first having to start the
> Microstation graphics engine first then shelling out to DOS. Can
> anybody confirm if this is so, and how is it done.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Allin Knight
> [axkn...@bechtel.com]
>
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> I seem to remember somebody once saying that it was possible to use
> the EDG program from the DOS command line without first having to
> start the Microstation graphics engine first then shelling out to
> DOS. Can anybody confirm if this is so, and how is it done.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Allin Knight
> [axkn...@bechtel.com]
I've installed MicroStation in a directory called
ustn95. Then I type in c:\ustn95\edg\edg and off
it goes. I can also add the filename to
automatically open that file. For Windows you can
make an icon with that command line.
Don MacVittie
I don't know about the version that comes with MS95 (it acts a little
differently), but the older versions (including the one you can download
from the Intergraph web site) run from the command line with:
edg [full path and file name with extension]
and don't require MS to even be installed.
Regards,
Don.
Allin Knight wrote:
>
> I seem to remember somebody once saying that it was possible to use
> the EDG program from the DOS command line without first having to
> start the Microstation graphics engine first then shelling out to
> DOS. Can anybody confirm if this is so, and how is it done.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Allin Knight
> [axkn...@bechtel.com]
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