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Selecting Import workstation directory means that the prototype workstation directory (\ELSA\WS or similar) is cleared from files that could cause problems, such as lisp files, DLL files, and menu files, and that certain information is imported. In more detail the following will occur:

 

•A “soft file copy” is performed from the old \ELSA\WS directory to the new, meaning that no over-writing is made.

 

•Any write-protection flags on the files in the current \ELSA\WS directory are removed.

 

•A soft import record-by-record of the MGVER.DBF database is performed. (The MGVER.DBF contains directory paths to system files). The directory paths are translated to the new main directory when applicable.

 

•The files MGCADE.MNU, MGTAB3.MNU, and PRJVIEW.DBF are deleted.

 

•A flag will be set for regeneration of the menu system, meaning that the next time the Drawing Environment is opened in AutoCAD, the menu system will be regenerated.

 

•The MGCADE.MNX, MGCADE.MNC, MGCADE.MNS, MGCADE.MXK and the ACAD.PGP files are deleted.

 

•All DCL files, LSP files, ARX files, NDX files, CDX files, MDX files and NTX files are deleted.

 

•The XNETCTRL subdirectory including subdirectories is deleted. This is the remains of a today obsolete function.

 

•The VXMENY subdirectory including subdirectories is deleted. This is the remains of a today obsolete function.

 

The operations described here are created primarily with imports from local installations of old versions in mind, where the workstation directory from which the import is made was the one that in fact was in use. In current versions, the affected workstation directory is the prototype used when creating new workstations.

 

The operations in question should typically always be performed, to be sure.