General programs that run on Windows platforms are programmed with Visual C + +. Applications for Microsoft Office, such as for Excel and Access are developed in VBA. Often results in just the combination of Windows applications with MicroStation applications an effective production process.

Various time-consuming manual tasks can run with WINDOWS programs much faster, error-free and partially automated, including:

• The data are in different digital formatted sources. A program can make it automated the records you want.
• The data are on an analog source and intended to be placed in a digital form of a list. Using a convenient entry screen with editing the records can be recorded digitally.
• The data are in a rare common format. A WINDOWS program formed automatically from a known format, such as DXF, DGN, etc.