> I suppose this should teach not to take holidays....(maybe Protel is
sulking)
>
> I started Protel this morning after a week's break and all seemed OK until
I actually tried to load a DDB. Any attempt to load a DDB is met with the
"New Database" dialogue box and the statement that the document I have tried
to open must be imported into a new DDB. This is with DDBs that worked
happily last week.
>
> It is possible that somebody has fiddled with the computer while I was
away, but what could have been changed to produce this behaviour.
>
> The Repair Database utility does not help in this situation.
>
> Should I simply do a re-install of Protel or can anyone offer some less
drastic suggestions.
>
> LINDEN DOYLE
How is a DDB file supposed to be imported into a new/another DDB file? (It
is a different story if you are trying to open a PCB or SCH file, etc, which
*do* need to be "owned" by, or otherwise imported or linked into a DDB
file.)
Things to try (if you haven't already):
Double click on the DDB file you want to open (from an Explorer window),
which should open Protel 99 SE, and then the DDB file concerned.
Open Protel 99 SE in the "conventional" way, i.e. without double clicking on
a file. Then "drag and drop" the DDB file (from an Explorer window) onto the
Protel 99 SE window.
Create a new "dummy" DDB file, save it, close it, then try to reopen it.
Maybe reopening a freshly created DDB file will result in Protel 99 SE
"snapping out of it", after which it will then open previously created
files.
Make backup copies of the configuration files (in the Windows directory),
then delete the original files. Perhaps the resulting recreation of pristine
configuration files will then resurrect Protel 99 SE's capability to open
DDB files. If so, and you know what you are doing, you can *carefully*
restore customised settings and resources from the previous configuration
files. (At all times, keep backup copies of configuration files that work
(after re-acquiring this status), so that if any changes you subsequently
make to these files subsequently impares Protel 99 SE again, you will be in
a position to then restore functionality again with the least amount of
bother.)
Any other details you can provide?
Regards,
Geoff Harland.
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