This probably strays from your query, but from memory, there was a buglett
(I'm not sure if it's been fixed) in that where you define the default
primitives in the schematic editor for schematic parts, one of the
PartFields was incorrectly mapped to another. Therefore, there was one
part field you could not define, and another that appeared twice. What I
do now at the end of a design is to do a global change to all schematic
parts and replace all part fields matched by: * with attributes: {*=}.
"...The weirdest thing however is that when I place the part, delete it
and
then place it again all behaves as expected: non-hidden, blank fields.
Every subsequently placed instance of that part (wether left-click or with
a new place command) is then OK, even when rotated..."
.... this mysterious behaviour may have to do with how Protel caches
placed library parts. Once you place a part in the schematic editor, it
is cached in memory somewhere (escapes me as to where exactly at the mo).
Even when you place a part supposedly from the library, it adopts the
cached part. This is overridden with the "update cached parts" function.
I've also experienced Michael's situation once where an entire databse
file etc vanished. This occured when Protel crashed and gave the option
to "ignore and continue" or "close". This one time I chose to close and
it then kindly offered to save my work that had changed. The mistake in
this case is to select "save" (and destroy).
HTH
Brendon.
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Re: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?
I have noticed (and I have only been using 99 SE for a few months) that it
does indeed have Altzheimer's. I have had the program completely erase my
entire database (admittedly it wasn't large) including the backups.
I recently had a harddrive crash and had to reinstall Windows and Protel.
Since then it has been MUCH better behaved.
Michael Badillo
From: Leo Potjewijd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2003/09/17 Wed AM 08:08:16 EDT
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Subject: [PEDA] P99SE has Altzheimers' ?
Hi again.
I just noticed sometghing strange with the Sch editor of P99SE(SP6).
I set up my schematic libraries (all in one database) with custom part
field names: 'tolerance' for field 1, 'power/voltage' for field 2 and
'class/rating' for field 3.
Since these fields can be blank for a lot of parts, I further set those
fields to blanks in the default primitives dialog. I also unchecked their
'hide' checkbox to facilitate later editing.
When I place a part, the first time around these fields show up as an
asterisk on the same location as the part type; ie I have a value and
three
asterisks on top of one another.
The fields are not hidden (as expected), but the fields contain asterisks
(which is NOT expected).
When I rotate the part or left-click again the asterisks that shouldn't be
there in the first place suddenly show up at their normal position (which
is _very_ strange, to say the least).
The weirdest thing however is that when I place the part, delete it and
then place it again all behaves as expected: non-hidden, blank fields.
Every subsequently placed instance of that part (wether left-click or with
a new place command) is then OK, even when rotated...
But when I place some other part from any library I'm back at square one.
Closing libraries, databases or restarting Protel doesn't help; neither
does 'update parts in cache' or 'update schematics'.
Which brings me to these questions:
Did I miss a setting somewhere?
Did anyone see this before?
Is there a solution to this? This is quite annoying.....
Leo Potjewijd
hardware designer
IE Keyprocessor bv.
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