At 02:12 PM 11/13/01 -0800, Dwight wrote: >(1) I also open 2 revisions of the same design not infrequently, which >therefore have matching schematic sheet names, and would be horrified to >find Protel changing the one that I was NOT working on at the time!
Note that if the old revision is read-only, the copy in memory *might* get edited, I don't know, I haven't tried, but the actual file is safe from Protel. Having two files with the same name open at the same time is not good food to feed many programs, not only Protel. If full path information is checked, it should be okay, but full path information is often missing. For example, full path information is not present in the hierarchical schematic names. Protel might make an assumption that the file you want is in the same .ddb, but apparently it does not, or does not always do this. Because of the global editing function, it is a matter of a few seconds to change all hierarchical filename references to add or change a suffix. The most tedious part of changing a set of schematic filenames within Protel is changing the actual filenames, not the references, and that is not difficult, a few keystrokes per schematic. One could also export the whole database and use external commands to change all the filenames, but it would have to be one very complex schematic to make that worthwhile. Gad, it has been a long time since I have done a wildcard renaming in DOS! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abdulrahman Lomax Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
