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Product:        MicroStation SE for x86 Windows
Version:        05.07.00.25
Language:       English
Date:           Nov 21, 1997
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MicroStation SE for x86 Windows was certified and is supported on:
  Windows 95
  Windows NT 3.5
  Windows NT 4.x

This document contains important MicroStation SE information 
specific to the platform identified above. For general 
MicroStation SE information, please refer to the file 
README.TXT that is installed in the root directory for
MicroStation SE.

* Getting Started
    Installation troubleshooting
    Display drivers
    Dual-screen configurations
    Digitizer information
* MicroStation Under Microsoft Windows
    IntelliPoint mouse driver
    Three-button mice and Windows NT 3.51
    Shelling to DOS
* MicroStation Features
    STEP AP 203 data files
    Archiver information
* Image Manager
    Support of TFW World Files
* 3D
    OpenGL under Windows
* Non-graphic Databases
    ODBC     
    Oracle Workgroup 2000 tools
    Sybase
* Copyright Notice


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Getting Started
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This section contains information about the following:
   Installation Troubleshooting
   Display Drivers
   Dual-screen configurations
   Digitizer information

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Installation troubleshooting
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MicroStation for x86 Windows that is contained on this 
delivery set runs under Windows 95 or Windows NT. The x86 
version will not run on DEC Alpha NT, IBM PowerPC NT, or 
similar RISC-NT based workstations. You need to obtain the 
appropriate RISC-NT version of MicroStation to run on these 
other platforms.

Although the product may run in Windows 3.11, it is not
officially certified or supported when run in that operating 
environment. Some functionality, like the STEP AP203 import
application and it's supporting data files, will not install 
in Windows 3.11. If you want these files installed on a dual 
boot machine, install when running Windows 95 or Windows NT.


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Display drivers
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MicroStation for Windows uses your existing Windows display 
drivers. Please consult with your graphics card vendor for 
information that you may need regarding various video 
configurations.  

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Dual-screen configurations
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MicroStation does not control the primary or secondary video 
display under Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 and Windows NT. In these 
environments, the operating system and graphics card drivers 
handle the video display in single- and multi-head environments. 
Please see the "Frequently Asked Questions" card that was included 
in the MicroStation delivery for more information.

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Digitizer information
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NOTE: Bentley does not endorse any hardware peripherals. This 
includes plotters, printers, display adapters, or input devices.

Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 and Windows NT users will need to contact 
their digitizer manufacturer for information regarding WINTAB 
drivers in order to use specific digitizer tablets or tables in 
Windows. Note that 16-bit WINTAB drivers (Windows 3.1x) will not
run in a 32-bit (Windows 95 and NT) environment and vice-versa.

If the digitizer manufacturer does not have a WINTAB compatible 
driver, you will have to use the DOS version of MicroStation 
when digitizing is required.

Please see the "Frequently Asked Questions" card that was included
in the MicroStation delivery for more information.

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End of Getting Started
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MicroStation Under Microsoft Windows
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This section contains the following:
    IntelliPoint mouse driver
    Three-button mice and Windows NT 3.51
    Shelling to DOS

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IntelliPoint mouse driver
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The "Select a window just by pointing at the title bar" 
option in the StepSavers tab of the IntelliPoint mouse 
driver should be disabled when running MicroStation SE. 
This can cause MicroStation SE to stop working due to 
focus conflicts.

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Three-button mice and Windows NT 3.51
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Due to a known problem within Windows NT 3.51, attempting to 
assign the middle button of a three button mouse may not produce 
the desired results. Please contact Microsoft or your mouse 
manufacturer regarding the availability of updated three button 
mouse drivers for Windows NT 3.51.

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Shelling to DOS
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Although the preferred method is to open an MS-DOS prompt 
window by double clicking on the MS-DOS icon (usually found in 
Windows's Main Program Group,) the NTBANG MDL application 
(found in ..\ustation\mdl\examples\ntexmpls\) that is delivered 
with MicroStation for Windows enables you to send DOS commands 
from within MicroStation. NTBANG users will need to build the 
application using BMAKEWIN (in Windows 95/NT) and set the 
configuration variable MS_CONSMODE=1 before running the 
application. See ..\ustation\mdl\examples\ntexmpls\NTBANG.TXT for 
further setup instructions.

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End of MicroStation Under Microsoft Windows
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MicroStation Features
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This section contains information about the following:
   STEP AP 203 data files
   Archiver information

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STEP AP 203 data files
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The STEP AP203 import application's data files, contained 
in the ..\ustation\data\rose\ directory, have been placed 
in an archive file in the ..\rose\ subdirectory. This was 
done to prevent install issues that may arise in some 
environments due to the long file names of these data files. 

If these files are not unarchived and you attempt to use this
application, a MicroStation Text window will open and the 
following message will be presented: 

"Can't find parser database file. Check your environment 
variable ROSE_DB and the directory it points to. 
File not found:  SDAI_dictionary_schema.rose"

Unarchive this file in the ..\rose\ subdirectory and the 
STEP AP 203 import application will run without presenting 
this message.

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Archiver information
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Dragging and dropping a directory icon from the Windows File 
Manager will not Archive any files contained in that directory. 
You must select each file to be archived, and then drag them to 
the MicroStation Archive dialog box.
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End of MicroStation Features
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Image Manager
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This section contains the following:
    Support of TFW World Files

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Support of TFW World Files
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Image Manager now supports the TFW World georeferenced file format 
used in association with TIFF files.  This file format includes 
georeference data such as the image origin coordinates, X- and Y-axis 
rotation values, and X- and Y-axis pixel sizes. Note that the 
rotation value is not supported in this version.

The default coordinate unit of the TFW file is meters (m), but it
can be changed to other supported units, either in the imgmngr.ini
file (see the WorldFileUnit=  line in the Definitions section) or by
using the following key-ins:

- IMG WORLDFILEUNIT SET (unit) or
- IMG WORLDFILEUNIT GET [unit]

Units can be any supported units specified in the MeasurementUnits=
table of the imgmngr.ini file.

When doing an Image Save As or a Batch Convert, the World File can be
selected as the Georeference file when the output format is TIFF
(See the Options button).

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End of Image Manager
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3D
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This section contains information about the following:
   OpenGL under Windows

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OpenGL under Windows
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OpenGL is available in Windows NT and is expected to be available 
in a future upgrade to Windows 95. These systems support OpenGL 
regardless of hardware configuration. However, using OpenGL will 
not significantly improve MicroStation performance except on 
systems that are configured with a hardware graphics accelerator.

In order to use OpenGL with MicroStation, the system display 
driver must be set for at least 32768 colors in the Windows 
Control Panel.

Wireframe views may be displayed using OpenGL, but the greatest 
performance improvement from OpenGL is realized when displaying 
rendered views. This performance advantage diminishes if texture 
maps are enabled since most hardware accelerators do not 
accelerate this operation.

Phong rendering is not supported by OpenGL. Selecting Phong 
rendering in an OpenGL accelerated view will result in an 
unaccelerated rendering.

Rendering large files with the View Cache toggle on in the OpenGL 
Settings dialog can consume a lot of virtual memory. Make sure 
that you have plenty of free disk space when using this feature.

Due to an operating system bug in Windows NT 3.50, double 
buffering may not be possible in some systems.
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End of 3D
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Non-graphic Databases
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This section contains information about the following:
   ODBC     
   Oracle Workgroup 2000 Tools

For information regarding specific database version support, 
please refer to the Bentley Web site:

http://www.bentley.com/tools/

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ODBC     
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- In MicroStation, users must run under NT 3.51 (NOT 3.5) to 
  successfully connect using the Microsoft Access ODBC driver.
  The supported Intersolv drivers work under both NT 3.5 and
  NT 3.51.

- MicroStation will support ODBC Access forms. MicroStation 
  supports other forms managers under Windows. Setup procedures 
  will be issued in a technical note after release.

- Access ODBC driver does not support columns with "view" in the 
  name (such as SQLVIEW). Therefore the create MSCATALOG function 
  will not execute successfully. As a workaround, you can create 
  the MSCATALOG in Access or import an existing one into Access.

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Oracle Workgroup 2000 tools
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  To get the Workgroup server tools (16 bit) to connect up under 
  NT, when you install 16 bit SQL*Net TCP/IP (under NT), you must 
  select Winsock dlls, Windows NT 3.1/3.5 transportation layer. If 
  you are under Windows 3.11 select Windows for Workgroups 3.11 
  TCP/IP (VDx). This allows you to use the Workgroup Server 2000 
  Tools to manage network databases: startup / shutdown, operate 
  in tables, resize databases, etc. If you also have a local
  Oracle 7 database under NT, you must install the 32 bit Server
  version of SQL*Net TCP/IP or Named Pipes. It gets confusing,
  but in essence you are running the 32-bit server listener and
  connecting from 16 bit client tools on the same box.

  You can also manage UNIX databases with these tools.

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Sybase
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  The Sybase Relational DBMS, by Sybase, Inc. is a new database 
  supported by MicroStation SE. If accessing a Sybase database 
  locally, the only Sybase product that is needed is Sybase 
  System X or System XI. If access to a remote Sybase database 
  server is required, then Sybase Open Client must be installed 
  on the client machine. There is no need for a Sybase forms 
  product to be installed for use with MicroStation SE, since it 
  uses the Xbase-like forms interface when working with Sybase. This 
  means forms are defined in .FMT files, using "get" and "say" 
  statements.

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End of Non-graphic Databases
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Copyright Notice
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