On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:55:15 -0700 (PDT), Geoff Harland wrote: >> Geoff Harland wrote: >> >> >>> Thanks for the tip, but I was really attempting to establish whether >>> the "Export" command >>> which I referred to before is defective on *just* my PC, or whether >>> it is otherwise a genuine defect >>> within Protel 99 SE (and thus a defect affecting *every* PC on which >>> Protel 99 SE is installed). >> >> >> I have just tried it - the command seems to work properly on my >> computer (Protel99SE + SP6, WinXPPro). >> It creates the folder and the wmf file(s) - I previewed one of those >> wmf's in IrfanView and then imported it into MSWord. >> At the very first glance the orientations of the strings seem to be OK. >> >> Regards, >> Wojciech Oborski >> > Thank you very much for reporting what you discovered. I had an idea that > I had got that command to work in the past, but because I had previously > had no interest in actually using it, I wasn't absolutely sure. > > In any event, after reading your report, I tried creating a .DDB file > using the 'MS Access Database' option (in place of the 'Windows File > System' option which I had used previously), and with that type of file, > that command did then work on my PC (but not without defects, as I will > describe when I can find some time to specify the associated details). > > So I am now surmising that at the time that the associated PcbPrint > server was first released (during 1999, and as an optional addon server > to be used in conjunction with the *original* version of Protel 99), the > 'Windows File System' option had yet to be provided for .DDB files, > meaning that the only option available for .DDB files at that time was > the 'MS Access Database' option. So I now figure that after first > acquiring a copy of the PcbPrint server, I took a look at the Export (to > metafiles) command at that time, but because the associated functionality > was of no interest to me, I never got around to retesting that command > with .DDB files using the 'Windows File System' option until just a few > days ago. > > So unless anyone subsequently reports that they can create metafiles from > .DDB files using the 'Windows File System' option by using the Export (to > metafiles) command (which would imply that there is some issue with my > PC), I am concluding that this is yet another one of Protel 99 SE's bugs. > And in that regard, it is a "typical" "Altium" bug; i.e. they provide > some new feature (in the form of providing the 'Windows File System' > option for .DDB files in this particular instance), while simultaneously > managing to "break" (or not satisfactorily implement) functionality which > had been provided previously (in the form of not satisfactorily > implementing the Export (to metafiles) command for .DDB files using the > 'Windows File System' option in this particular instance). > > I don't know if anyone else had discovered that defect before now and > subsequently reported it to Altium, but even if that had happened, it > wouldn't necessarily imply that any effort would have been made to > actually rectify it. After all, there are assorted other defects which > were only rectified many years after first being reported, or which have > yet to be rectified even though many years have passed since the time > that they were first reported. > > And even though that particular defect is regrettable, it is still "small > beer" when compared with some of the other defects associated with the > Protel/DXP/AD applications. But enough for the time being (and I will try > and followup with some more details concerning the PcbPrint server as > time permits).
Hi Geoff -- I was able to export to Windows metafile successfully. No errors and the file looks good in my graphics viewer program. I don't think the function is necessarily broken. Windows 2000 SP4, P99SE SP6, Windows FS ddb FWIW I always use the Windows FS ddb with Protel 99SE. Matt Pobursky Maximum Performance Systems ____________________________________________________________ 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]
