I have never had a problem with parts over 14 characters and spaces. We use 99SE with service pack 5.
I wonder if this is only happens in SP6? Brian Hirsch NH Research Visit us on the web at www.nhresearch.com Dennis Saputelli wrote: don't use the synchronizer :) i just use the make netlist, load netlist Leo you are really having more trouble than you ought to invalid file format sounds *maybe* a little like an old service pack version trying to read a newer service pack file ? i still think you may be fighting the access thing too much although i contributed to some of the PCB footpring naming comments (just re no spaces) i have many parts over 14 characters and no troubles ever i will not be cleaing them up ds _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com 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] > > > ____________________________________________________________ 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] ____________________________________________________________ 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]
