Or just keep the current library as a legacy library... and start a new library going forward
---Phil FO> How about COPYing said footprints... FO> good luck FO> On Wednesday 15 June 2005 12:59 am, Leo Potjewijd wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I could use some input: I'm (once again) banging against an impermeable >> wall of "Format %x invalid...." and as a result I can no longer synchronise >> Sch and Pcb (all I get is an exception error with that weird >> description)..... As usual the time pressure is huge, it should be ready at >> the end of the day. >> >> Bearing in mind that footprint names should not be longer than 14 >> characters with no spaces or funny characters (although this problem has >> not bothered me until half a year ago) I want to clean up the footprint >> names. I'll even go so far as to make my libraries a 'proper' Ddb (still >> using the file system approach) to eliminate all problems related with >> that... But..... I have a large number of designs that USE those footprints >> with their not-so-good-for-too-long names. >> >> Changing the names in library is easy enough (my libraries are not that >> big) and even converting them to MSAccess format is not too difficuilt, but >> how do I prevent the existing designs from losing integrity when the used >> footprint names no longer exist? >> >> >> Leo Potjewijd >> hardware designer >> Integrated Engineering B.V. >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> +31 20 4620700 >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum >> >> To Post messages: >> mailto:[email protected] >> >> Unsubscribe and Other Options: >> http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com >> >> Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] FO> ____________________________________________________________ FO> You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum FO> To Post messages: FO> mailto:[email protected] FO> Unsubscribe and Other Options: FO> http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com FO> Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): FO> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] FO> Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): FO> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
