I tried turning it off and also turning off all the other things in Preferences and it still "KLUNK!" s
Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 1:13 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] KLUNK! - Whats wrong with this picture. > > > yeah i never noticed that either (the difference in the > closing 'klunk') but we do get it sometimes too > > i wonder if this has anything to do with the 'issue' of > phantom copies of protel still running even after it is quit > which seems to be specific to WIN2K > > (i.e., the situation where Protel shows in the task manager > after it has been closed) > > maybe the KLUNK is really trying to tell us something > > i would also speculate that it *may* have something to do > with 'compact on close' which sometimes on some systems > doesn't work correctly > > why doesn't someone - :) turn off compact on close and > explore this possible relationship to the mystery KLUNK > > Dennis Saputelli > > JaMi Smith wrote: > > > > OK . . . > > > > So I'll admit, I missed the Class on Protel 99 SE Basics . . . > > > > And I slept thru most of the Protel 99 SE 101 and 102 Classes . . . > > > > But gimmie a break . . . > > > > This one has got me baffled . . . > > > > So what are the two simplest functions that one can > possibly perform > > in Protel 99 SE? > > > > I mean the absolute simplest, most bare bones, easiest > things to do in > > Protel 99 SE. > > > > I mean like, are you ready for this one, START Protel 99 > SE, and are > > you ready for this one, END Protel 99 SE. > > > > Not too complex here, just simple stuff. > > > > OK . . . > > > > I can think of 3 ways to START Protel 99 SE (without an open > > database): > > > > 1. Double click the ICON on the Desktop. > > > > 2. Place the cursor over the ICON in the Desktop and press ENTER. > > > > 3. Navigate the START MENU and go from there. > > > > Nothing too complicated, nothing major, and I do not have > any problems > > here, I can handle everything so far. > > > > But now comes the problem. > > > > I can think of 6 ways to END Protel 99 SE (without an open > database): > > > > 1. Click on the big "X" ("Close") in the upper right hand > corner of > > the Application. > > > > 2. From the "File" menu pulldown click on "Exit". > > > > 3. From the Task Manager, select Protel and end it. > > > > 4. "Shutdown" the system. > > > > 5. Hit "RESET", or turn off the power switch, or simply > pull the plug > > out of the wall (believe it or not I have had to resort to > this before > > when Protel 99 SE "locks up"). > > > > 6. Simply wait for it to "CRASH", which it always seems to > do all by > > itself sooner or later. > > > > Now I will admit that the last 4 are not normal ways of > simply ENDING > > Protel 99 SE, so we can eliminate them right off the bat, > and simply > > stick with the first 2. > > > > "No Brainer" . . . > > > > OK . . . > > > > So I simply START Protel 99 SE by any of the above methods, > or maybe > > some that I haven't thought of, and go from there. > > > > Now comes the hard part, we have Protel 99 SE up and > running, with no > > database open, in all of its glory, and we want to close > it, so what > > do we do? > > > > 1. We hit the big "X", and "wala!", it closes. Simple enough, I can > > andle this. No problem here. > > > > 2 We go to the "File" menu pulldown, and click on "Exit", and what > > happens now? > > > > Well first of all, it takes much much much much longer to > END Protel > > 99 SE this way, but now comes the real problem, on it's > final exit, we > > get, are you ready for it, a Microsoft "KLUNK! sound, you know, the > > "sour note" that Microsoft gives off when you commit an error! > > > > Not the "Happy little Bell" that Microsoft uses to get your > attention, > > but the "KLUNK!" that it uses to say "ERROR!", or "WRONG > ANSWER". or > > "You Blew It!". > > > > OK . . . > > > > One of the two simplest functions in Protel 99 SE, and it > can't even > > do this without a "KLUNK!". > > > > It can't even do this without an "ERROR!" > > > > What's wrong with this picture ??? > > > > What's wrong with this picture !!! > > > > OK . . . > > > > So maybe it's me. > > > > Does this happen to anyone else? > > > > JaMi > > > ************************************************************** > ********** > * Tracking #: 6B9E4565338E3148841D7226674F665E1C2A4F09 > * > ************************************************************** > ********** > -- > ______________________________________________________________ > _____________ > www.integratedcontrolsinc.com Integrated Controls, Inc. > tel: 415-647-0480 2851 21st Street > fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
