I didn't think that it would be too likely that you would be trying to open
Library files of a more recent version (than Protel 99 SE), but not overlooking
the obvious still eliminates the possibility of doing so (and the feedback
which you originally reported did suggest that that possibility couldn't be
ruled out).
Given the additional information which you have since provided though, I do
have recollections of reading that there have been other applications which
have also been experiencing problems with running on Vista. As with many
defects within Windows applications, this now looks like yet another case of:
is Microsoft responsible for what is happening, or is it the provider of the
(problematic) application?
While I don't know if Microsoft is totally blameless in this case, the fact
still remains that they do provide documentation (albeit sometimes of a
standard where there is "room for improvement") to application developers which
specify various details concerning how applications should be written, and when
those specifications are complied with, there is a greater probability that
such applications will continue to function in (yet more) future versions of
Windows.
So it's not out of the question that this could be a situation when Altium's
programmers failed to RTFM...
In any event, I assess that the problem more likely than not to be "unfixable",
so if it's not out of the question, maybe you should look at setting up a "dual
boot" PC (Win XP and Vista), or otherwise keeping a PC on which (just) Win XP
is installed, so that you can continue using Protel 99 SE. (And you can always
"retire" that setup if MS subsequently does provide a fix.)
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.
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