Customize Toolbox - Tool opens new Toolbox


  
 Applies To 
  
 Product(s):MicroStation
 Version(s):V8i
 Environment: N/A
 Area: UI Customization
 Subarea: Tools
 Original Author:Darius Rimasauskas, Bentley Technical Support Group
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overview

When creating new Toolboxes in MicroStation, you may want to create toolbox inside of a toolbox.

Steps to Accomplish

If user wants to have a toolbox that has a tool/icon -> after pressing tool it opens separate toolbox. To accomplish this:

  1. Open Customize dialog

  2. Load *.dgnlib  where toolboxes will be stored

  3. Create new toolbox

  4. Add new tool into this toolbox 

  5. Tools are control by Key-in commands. Add Key-in: dialog toolbox “user tool” open

    (here the user tool  is toolbox name – custom toolbox name must be added in quotes)

If user would like to get a dropping toolbox from tool in toolbox (dropping tool lists more tools):

  1. Open Customize dialog

  2. Load *.dgnlib  where toolboxes will be stored

  3. Create new toolbox

  4. In toolbox add additional second toolbox

  5. Create tools in sub toolbox

    This will create a drop list of tools in toolbox: