What development tools are available for use with the Bentley Publisher engines?
Various capabilities are offered to developers for customizing and expanding Bentley Publisher-based solutions. Depending on the architecture of the site and the client’s requirements, developers will have the ability to enhance the server components and/or the client components. Server side: MicroStation/J and MicroStation GeoGraphics engines have rich capabilities for customization and development. For example, MDL applications, MicroStation BASIC macros, key-ins and MicroStation commands can be used for adding various processing at publish time. The Bentley Publisher Imaging Engine also offers various image processing capabilities in a scripting language called Picture Script Scenes (PSS). It is also possible to build an Application server by using an Active Server Pages system like Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) and Java Server Pages (JSP), to name a few. Client side: The Bentley Publisher Viewer Java applet components will be customizable via an interactive web site to be onl
