Thank you John That clarifies it and explains why a clean rcs file might have uncorrupted my one system
Mike Reagan EDSI ----- Original Message ----- From: John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] computer pauses > The rcs file defines the "resources" for a given server. These are the menu > entries, toolbars, and keyboard shortcuts that appear in the Protel 99SE > "client" application when the given server is active. When a new server is > added, its rcs file (eg. advpcb.rcs, advsch.rcs, etc.) is read and combined into > the master rcs file (client99se.rcs) that defines all of the resources for the > Protel client application. When Protel is shut down, the client99se.rcs file is > written back out so that any resource changes made by the user during the > session (eg. menu or toolbar additions) are set for the next time Protel is run. > > If Protel crashes during the session, these changes are lost. > > Since the client99se.rcs file is cumulative for all sessions, it can become > messed up over time. One cure for this is to uninstall each server from within > Protel (using the "Servers" dialog from the Protel system menu), then shut down > and restart Protel to clear the client99se.rcs file of the given server's > entries. Then reinstall the servers to force the client99se.rcs file to be > rebuilt from the individual server.rcs files. Of course, all custom resources > will be lost during this process > > The other way is to use a known good client99se.rcs file. For this reason, it > is advisable to backup the client99se.rcs (and client99se.ini) files once you > have Protel set up the way you want (with all custom menus, toolbars and > keyboard shortcuts) so that you can later restore the application to this known > good state if thing go bad. > > Note that uninstalling and then reinstalling the Protel application using the > Windows Add/Remove Programs control panel does not solve this problem because > the uninstaller does not automatically remove the rcs and ini files. They must > be manually removed in order to start with a "pristine" version of Protel. > > John Williams > > > > > Mike Reagan wrote: > > > Tim, > > I am not sure what the rcs file is ....I heard some mention of it on this > > forum last month. Any help out there as what the rcs file is......it > > looks like an ini type file when I opened it > > > > Mike Reagan > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
