Geoff, Are you thinking this might be a path error? Couple of ideas:
I don't know Vista but, if it uses a different organisation than either Win98 or XP, would it be possible to recreate the path for the config files? Is a read-only lock coming into play? P99SE drops the config files into either disk root or Windows root, I can't remember which. If Vista is even more paranoid than XP about system files it might somehow have managed to lock Protel's configs. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Harland Sent: 17 September 2007 00:48 To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] Anyone using P99SE in Win Vista? Something else, which has since occurred to me, and which might permit you to continue using Protel 99 SE on Vista (and without having to resort to using a dual-boot setup, or an application like Virtual PC or VMware), is to take a look through the ASCII-format configuration files associated with Protel 99 SE (contained under the Windows folder, or whatever that folder is now named within Vista), and see if any of them contain a list of Library files which are currently "loaded". You might then be able to get away with editing the contents of that file as required (while Protel 99 SE is not running, and to be of the safe side, you should make and then keep a backup copy of that file before editing its contents). A bit "Mickey Mouse" even if it works (as you would need to shut down Protel 99 SE and then reopen it if you wanted to change the set of Library files after having previously started it), but it would arguably still be preferable to other possible workarounds... Regards, Geoff Harland. > Yes that did occur to me, I actually am able to open the library that > I'm having problems with to do my edits and then save it, however if I > then try and load the library through the add/remove libraries I get the > same file not recognized error message and can't load it. > > So am I'm kind of at a loss here, it seems to indicate perhaps not a > problem with Protel but rather Windows Vista, as I have never had this > kind of problem in Win XP. > > I'll play around with it a bit more and see. > -Casey. > > > > At the risk of stating the obvious, are the Library files concerned > > of a more recent version than Protel 99 SE? > > > > You "should" be able to open any Library files which were created > > using any *earlier* versions (of Protel), but with the possible > > caveat that the footprints within them might require some tweaking > > afterwards (as alluded to within other recent contributions to this > > mailing list). But I still wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised > > if you encountered problems while trying to open any Library files > > which had been created using any more recent version instead; the > > format of such files probably would be of an "unexpected" nature to > > the Pcb Library server provided with Protel 99 SE. > > > > Regards, > > Geoff Harland. > > > > > >> I just got a new computer which of course came with Vista, P99SE > >> installed fine and seems to be working alright, but then I tried to > >> install some different PCB libraries and it keeps saying unrecognized > >> file format, so I can't load them. > >> I went through several libs to try, including some of the Protel ones, > >> but again same error, has anyone else run into this? > >> Some of the things I tried is running Protel in different compatibility > >> modes, but again same problem. > >> > >> Casey. ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Sick of deleting your inbox? Yahoo!7 Mail has free unlimited storage. http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/unlimitedstorage.html ____________________________________________________________ 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]
