F5 refreshes the explorer pane. However, the SCH's are sorted in the order they are drawn on the project sheet. To move them use the "send item to back/front(of)" command on the sheet symbols then press F5 to refresh. I think this was how I did it last time.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 13 March 2003 09:42 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] SORT ORDER IN LEFT PANE > > > > SE99 SP6 > > i think this was kicked around before but couldn't find it > > in the the left explorer pane and when using DDB's > > the sch file names listed under the project top sheet are not > in a nice > order > they seem to be sort of alpha sort except one which is newer > i closed the DDB and expected it to re-sort but it didn't > > is there a trick? > i vaguely remember one > > Dennis Saputelli > > > Richard Sumner wrote: > > > > Thanks for the suggestions, now the resolution? > > > > *- look in the Windows folder for all the *99SE*.ini an > dDFT and rcs files > > and see if any of these *(text) files affect things. You > can safely move > > these files out of the windows folder and they will *be > recreated with > > system defaults. You would loose any customizations, so > back them up first > > and if *this fixes the issue, investigate to see what is > different between > > the new (default) files and the old *ones. > > > > I removed all the 99se files in the winnt folder, to no > avail. Protel > > wouldn't start up correctly without the .ini file. I > wound up with > > all back as they were, no improvement. > > > > *Select-Outside and then draw the select box around your > PCB. This should > > just select the wayward *components. Then move them. > > > > This didn't quite work. Protel simply would not select the > components that > > were outside the box AND negative. > > > > After several starting and stopping of 99se, a few reboots, > the problem > > simply went away. There was no obvious correlation with > anything that I > > did. I did not reinstall 99se (sp6). But now 99se behaves > normally. Other > > projects were OK, it seems to have been related to this > particular ddb > > (windows file system, not the database). So I'll ascribe > it to a weird > > interaction between protel and windows (2k, sp2) and go > back to work!! > > > > thanks again, > > Richard > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Richard Sumner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 8:27 AM > > >Subject: [PEDA] Unexpected component placement during pcb update > > > > > > > > > > Usually, when I add a few components to the schematic, > and update the pcb, > > > > the components are placed in a horizontal row starting > at the lower right > > > > corner of the board. Today, it (99se, sp6) started > placing them in a > > > > vertical column, with negative 300 mil increment! My > board origin (LL > > > > corner) is at 1,1, so only the first 3 are visible (and > accessible). The > > > > rest are in negative Y land!! Selecting everything and > moving up will make > > > > them all visible, but this seems to mess up polygon > fills and split planes > > > > when I try to put it back. Yuk! > > > > > > > > Any suggestions? Does anyone know where the increment > parameter is hidden? > > > > I'll eventually give up and reinstall everything, but > I'd like to avoid > > >that. > > > > > > > > Cheesecote Mountain CAMAC, 24 Halley Drive; Pomona, NY 10970 > > voice: 845 364 0211, fax: 845 362 6947, www.cmcamac.com > > -- > Dennis Saputelli > > ========= send only plain text please! - no HTML ========== > ______________________________________________________________ > _________ > Integrated Controls, Inc. www.integratedcontrolsinc.com > 2851 21st Street tel: 415-647-0480 > San Francisco, CA 94110 fax: 415-647-3003 > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
