Have you pissed off Bill and he invoked some of that MS voodoo?
original, I like that one can always find some levity here ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Velander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE database file sizes. > Steve, > I have never had a problem with that, not across 2 or 3 machines running > W2K or even W98SE. Have you pissed off Bill and he invoked some of that MS > voodoo? > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander > Senior PCB Designer > Northern Airborne Technology > #14 - 1925 Kirschner Road, > Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7. > tel (250) 763-2329 ext. 225 > fax (250) 762-3374 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PEDA] P99SE database file sizes. > > > In a message dated 2006-01-18 03:14:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> It sounds like you do not have your database compacting turned on. >> The >> MS Jet databases accumulate dirty used space. >> Go to the main menu left-hand down arrow, select "Design Utilities", >> set >> the checkbox for "Perform compact after closing design". Once set, close >> your design and thereafter your database size should not get so large. >> >> > > I always do this manually. Using W2K, with ample memory and disk space, > Protel often hangs during close if automatic compaction is turned on. I've > also > noticed that it will hang when manually compacting, if I move the mouse > off > Protel or try to switch to any other app while waiting. Is this something > unique to > my machine, or have others seen this and found a workaround? > > Steve Hendrix > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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]
