I think Jami spotted a bug! I get the "KLUNK!" too in the same way. I never noticed it before today, because I normally have my speakers off.
> -----Original Message----- > From: JaMi Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:21 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Cc: JaMi Smith > Subject: [PEDA] Whats wrong with this picture. > > > 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 #: AA0194B7D0FB244F9AAF37BDBEBBB3C4F4AE1864 > * > ************************************************************** > ********** > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
