Sounds like you may have your additional component information defined in your "Part Field Names". These "Part Field Names" can be edited in the library editor to give a "name" to each part field instead of the default "Part Field 1 - Part Field 16", but this information does not appear in the BOM list.
You should either place your required information in the "Library Fields" (otherwise known as "Read Only Fields") within the library editor, or in the "Part Fields" within the schematic editor. Then, when generating your BOM, simply activate the appropriate library or part fields to be included in the list, and you should find your additional component information included. By the way, Protel (in their infinite wisdom) have defaulted any blank fields with "*", making it extremely difficult to use the * wildcard to search these fields, but just like lots of other issues within Protel, I'm sure you can find a work-around. With Kind Regards Nick Papas -----Original Message----- From: Mikael Johansson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, 9 February 2003 18:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEDA] BOM part fields shown as * Hello I'm a newbie trying to evaluate Protel 99SE SP6. I've created a component library where the part fields store supplier, order codes etc. When I create a BOM from the schematic the very same part fields only contain an asterisk '*'. If I doubleclick on a component in the schematic I can see my order codes ... as well as a column with the '*'. How do I copy my order codes... to the columns shown in the BOM (for all components in the schematic)? Mikael Johansson _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
