[PEDA] Protel 99se errors! - PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

[Dusan Mihajlovic]

Hi,

the problem is solved. It actualy was a problem with pcb library. My PCB
library database (*.ddb) was organized with links to the external library
files (*.lib). It seems that this type of organization doesn't work
perfectly with Protel. After I created new library database (*.ddb) in witch
i COPIED library files (*.lib) everything is working great. I done some
testings, I opened and closed about 20 pcb projects for 2 or 3 times and
ERROR DID NOT OCCURED ONCE!

I want to thank you everybody for your help and suggestions. I had this
problem for an year and never thought to look into the pcb library for the
problem. As Matt Pobursky wrote:

"This is the one last annoying thing about everyday use of Protel that I
encounter and if I can fix it reliably I'll be a happy camper!".

Thanks,
Dusan

--- Matt Pobursky <proteluser at mps-design.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:30:36 -0700, Daniel Groulx wrote:
> > when tryed opening some of pcb designs it reported the same error
> > message like before:
> >
> > "Format '%x' invalid or incompatible with argument."
> >
> > I've seen this problem before,
> >
> > The fix is
> > Click on browse PCB tab
> > Select Libraries
> > Click add/Remove
> > Then click OK on the add/remove library form.
> >
> > That's it!!!
> 
> This is really interesting information, I'll have to try it the next
> time I see this error. Since I switched main computers about a year
> ago I've seen this problem occasionally also, where I never saw it
> with my old PC. I assumed it was something peculiar about my
> Protel99SE installation or that I was getting corrupt ini and config
> files (a known problem that's been discussed here before).
> 
> My solution has been to copy some older saved config files (which I
> know do not cause the same error to occur) to the WINNT directory.
> This "fix" now makes sense why it works as it copies ini and config
> files which don't call for the same PCB libraries to be loaded. It
> appears instead that there is something wrong with one of my PCB
> libraries or possibly the way Protel is pointing to/referencing them.
> 
> This is the one last annoying thing about everyday use of Protel that
> I encounter and if I can fix it reliably I'll be a happy camper!
> 
> Matt Pobursky
> Maximum Performance Systems
> 

--- Brad Velander <BradV at natech.com> wrote:

> Dusan,
> 	Did you check the Anti-virus issue, is there a possibly there's some AV
> software running that you do not even know about? If you have done the
> complete clean uninstall, it is one of the few ideas that I can think of.
> With P99SE people did not generally experience a lot of these types of
> problems.
> 	What format are you using for your file management with P99SE, the .DDB
> format or the Windows file management?
> 
> Sincerely,
> Brad Velander
> Senior PCB Designer
> Northern Airborne Technology
> #14 - 1925 Kirschner Road,
> Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7.
> tel (250) 763-2232 ext. 225
> fax (250) 762-3374
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dusan Mihajlovic [mailto:mdusan2001 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 6:09 AM
> To: Protel EDA Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel 99se errors! - clean uninstall
> 
> 
> I have tryied clean uninstall proposed from Protel but with no success.
> After I reinstalled Protel 99se SP6 it worked fine for a while, then when
> tryed opening some of pcb designs it reported the same error message like
> before:
> 
> "Format '%x' invalid or incompatible with argument."
> 
> After 10 attempts (opening and closing design) i managed to open it
> without
> errors.
> 
> It's strange to me that on the slower machines it runs perfectrly!
> 
> Dusan
> 
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