Jon,
I installed VS2005 Full Edition
The path to example is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\MDLProjects V8i (SELECTseries 3)\basic
Using Shell I run a.cmd
code is
set MS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\MicroStation
call "%MS%\mdl\bin\mstndevvars.bat" %MS% "%MS%\mdl\bin\"
bmake -a "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\MDLProjects V8i (SELECTseries 3)\basic\basic.mke"
pause
and result is:
C:\PROGRA~2\Bentley\MICROS~1\MICROS~1\mdl\objects\basic.obj C:\PROGRA~2\Bentley\
MICROS~1\MICROS~1\mdl\library\toolsubs.lib C:\PROGRA~2\Bentley\MICROS~1\MICROS~1
\mdl\library\BentleyDgn.lib C:\PROGRA~2\Bentley\MICROS~1\MICROS~1\mdl\library\di
temlib.lib C:\PROGRA~2\Bentley\MICROS~1\MICROS~1\mdl\library\mdllib.lib
C:\PROGRA~2\Bentley\MICROS~1\MICROS~1\mdl\library\mdlbltin.lib
C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\VC\platformsdk\lib\gdi32.lib C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\VC\platfo
rmsdk\lib\user32.lib C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\VC\platformsdk\lib\kernel32.lib C:\PRO
GRA~2\MICROS~2\VC\lib\msvcrt.lib
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'C:\mdlapps\basic.dll'
BMAKE: call trace
line: 442, C:\PROGRA~2\Bentley\MICROS~1\MICROS~1\mdl\include\dlmlink.mki
line: 93, C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\M
DLProjects V8i (SELECTseries 3)\basic\basic.mke
Thu May 30 14:48:59 2013, elapsed time: 0:02
I don't found basic.dll on my computer.