Reference Guide 
Reference Guide 
Reference Guide 
 
 
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Serves as MicroStation's integrated development environment (IDE) for VBA, allowing you to manage VBA projects. VBA macros are not embedded in DGN files, they are stored separately in .mvba files.
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 ![]() New Project  | 
Opens the Create VBA Project, which allows you to create new projects.  | 
 ![]() Load Project  | 
Opens the Load Project dialog box, which is used to select and load a VBA project.  | 
 ![]() Unload Project  | 
Unloads or removes the selected project.  | 
 ![]() Save As  | 
Opens the Save VBA Project As dialog box, which is used to save a copy of the project with a different name, in a different directory or on a different disk.  | 
 ![]() Visual Basic Editor  | 
Opens the Microsoft Visual Basic editor, which is used to create Visual Basic applications and macros.  | 
 ![]() Macro  | 
Opens the Macros dialog box, which is used to run the selected macro.  | 
 ![]() Start Record  | 
Allows you to start recording a new macro. For more information on recording macros, see MicroStation VBA Help.  | 
 ![]() Stop Record  | 
Stops recording the macro.  | 
 ![]() Pause Record  | 
Pauses the recording.  | 
Displays the name, description, and location of VBA projects that are currently loaded. Auto-Load automatically loads the project when MicroStation is started, if the project file is in the MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS configuration variable. A check mark indicates that the file is automatically loaded.
![]()  | For more information, see the MicroStation VBA Help.  |