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When I start MicroStation, References dialog box and Level Manager are already shrunk. Why?
Answer: You want to remove References and Level Manager from the list of preset operations executed by InfoSnap when the design file is opened. This list is maintained in a file: $InfoSnap_DoubleBump$.txt. By default, References and Level Manager are two examples added to the end of this file. Commenting them out is sufficient. If you don't know where to find this settings file, open 'Current state monitor' in 'Settings-1' and press the Edit button there.
Random dialog boxes shrink unexpectedly. I want only very few of them to shrink, and only sometimes.
Answer: You want to know how to disable cursor registration of dialog boxes for shrinking. By default, all dialogboxes can be registered by rapidly crossing their lower border a few times with the cursor. This ability can be disabled, yet you still will be able to override it and register any dialog box with keyboard and a click on mouse button. In 'Settings-2' change 'Bump' from 'either way' to 'by keyboard+click', then press 'Save' to save settings. Now you can register (and unregister) dialog box by pressing a designated key (default is 'Ctrl') and while this key is kept depressed clicking with mouse somewhere inside the dialog box.
When snapping to a segment of a complex element, incorrect (length, color, level etc.) is reported.
Answer: You want to distinguish information pertaining to a single component from information pertaining to the overall complex element which is owning this particular component. Just above the 'Toggles' listbox there is a toggle button named 'Complex components'. It controls whether information is retrieved from a member of complex element or the complex element itself. Whatever the current selection is, you want the opposite. You may want to assign the keyin INFOSNAP COMPLEX to a function key and use it to toggle between those two settings.
When I start MicroStation, InfoSnap Toggles dialog box is always opened. Can I stop it doing so?
Answer: You want to operate InfoSnap in so called silent mode. In 'Settings-2' enable toggle: 'Silent load InfoSnap' then press 'Save' to save settings. Now you can close InfoSnap dialog box. It will not reopen unless you issue keyin: INFOSNAP SETTINGS.
AutoMenu shows only one choice: "Show Popup". Why it is doing so?
Answer: InfoSnap could not locate your $InfoSnap-AutoMenu$.txt configuration file. Open Current State Monitor and make sure that this file exists where InfoSnap expects to find it. See also the description of INFOSNAP_AUTOMENU environment variable. A few more examples of AutoMenu configuration files, which were provided by InfoSnap users, are included in the InfoSnap delivery package (a ZIP archive) available at http://www.ustation.se.