Identify Your Platform
Please identify the version of MicroStation, or other product such as PowerDraft, that you are using: MicroStation CONNECT or MicroStation V8i.
The APIs supplied with MicroStation CONNECT are different to those supplied with MicroStation V8i. Consequently, our answers are likely to be different.
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Identify Your Programming Language
Are you writing MDL, C++, C#, VB.NET or MicroStation VBA?