that's great i think tech support people in general (not just at protel) are all too ready to have us all constantly re-installing things when the problem is usually a file here or a tweak there
but still, how exactly did the cfg file become 'corrupt' and corrupt in what manner? this is stored in the DDB, right? i've noticed it seems to make the BOM settings stick, but didn't know it had to do with annotate i assume you can uncorrupt it by simply deleting it as a new one will be created, right? i bet there is something peculiar about your schematics .... Dennis Saputelli Brad Velander wrote: > > Dennis or the others with suggestions, > solved the problem, it wasn't a corrupted install as I expected from > my previous problems a week or so ago. It was a corrupt .cfg file. And of > course the .cfg file contains the configuration information for annotate and > BOMs. > > In all fairness to Protel NA Tech support, I actually got directly > to a person this afternoon not once but twice. Possibly things are improving > at the Tech Support end, we will have to see. Anyway, Lori came up with the > fix in short order. Thanks Lori! > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander. > > Lead PCB Designer > Norsat International Inc. > Microwave Products > Tel (604) 292-9089 (direct line) > Fax (604) 292-9010 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.norsat.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Velander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:13 PM > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Anybody plagued by Protel executable corruptions > recen tly? > > Dennis, > you are exactly correct, the annotate facility crashes immediately > upon clicking annotate. The message points to the VCL50.bpl file. I hadn't > bothered checking the other functions that were acting up last time, just > assumed they could be gone as well. > I had reinstalled about a week ago and it worked fine after getting > their modified clean install from Protel. However this morning it is back > and even after doing the clean install it is still there so I have to try a > few other things right now. > After I get it running I am going to note all the pertinent details > about these *.bpl files and save a clean copy somewhere safe as Jon > suggested. That was already on my to do list. Jon, if you are reading this, > they write back to the BPL files? I thought these were just library files > similar to DLLs? > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander. > > Lead PCB Designer > Norsat International Inc. > Microwave Products > Tel (604) 292-9089 (direct line) > Fax (604) 292-9010 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.norsat.com > ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 68A480BF771938408478CBB2356AC57F52444C2C * ************************************************************************ -- ___________________________________________________________________________ www.integratedcontrolsinc.com Integrated Controls, Inc. tel: 415-647-0480 2851 21st Street fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
