Why doesn't >LAST_DATE_TIME attribute update ?

Peter Wilson wrote:

Hi all,

 

I built a "frame" device to give me a nice frame to draw my schematics

into, it consists of a few attributes that I can update >DRAWING_NAME,

>SHEET, >SHEET_NAME, >VERSION, >AUTHOR,  and >LAST_DATE_TIME

 

Most of these work perfectly and I can allocate them through Global

Attributes, but I can;t change the >LAST_DATE_TIME attribute, I know

its a reserved one, but it always comes out as "not saved!" when i'm

editing my schematic, I have saved the whole design multiple time but

its never picked up the save time/date like its supposed to...

 

I'm on Eagle Pro 6.4, on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

 

Is this because the attribute needs to be outside of the frame device

?

 

Any clues ?

 

Peter

It's a bit tricky on Windows but does make sense.

This is how it works for me.

The trick is to refresh the editor view.

Dirty the drawing (say,add a wire). The field remains the same.

Enter in the command line WINDOW;  or F2 if your assigns are default.

The  Date and Time of the recent save is seen

If yours is not similar then you may have a Ubuntu specific issue.

Warren

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On 01/19/2013 05:34 PM, Warren Brayshaw wrote:

Peter Wilson wrote:

>> Hi all,

>>

>> I built a "frame" device to give me a nice frame to draw my schematics

>> into, it consists of a few attributes that I can update >DRAWING_NAME,

>>   >SHEET, >SHEET_NAME, >VERSION, >AUTHOR,  and >LAST_DATE_TIME

>>

>> Most of these work perfectly and I can allocate them through Global

>> Attributes, but I can;t change the >LAST_DATE_TIME attribute, I know

>> its a reserved one, but it always comes out as "not saved!" when i'm

>> editing my schematic, I have saved the whole design multiple time but

>> its never picked up the save time/date like its supposed to...

>>

>> I'm on Eagle Pro 6.4, on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

>>

>> Is this because the attribute needs to be outside of the frame device

>> ?

>>

>> Any clues ?

>>

>> Peter

 

It's a bit tricky on Windows but does make sense.

This is how it works for me.

 

The trick is to refresh the editor view.

Dirty the drawing (say,add a wire). The field remains the same.

Enter in the command line WINDOW; <enter> or F2 if your assigns are default.

"not saved!" is seen in the field.

Save the Schematic. The field remains the same.

Enter in the command line WINDOW; <enter> or F2 if your assigns are default.

The  Date and Time of the recent save is seen

 

If yours is not similar then you may have a Ubuntu specific issue.

 

Warren

 

>

Perfect, thank you... just needed to enter the "window;" command and

immediately the last saved time appears in place of "not saved!"... I've

never had a valid time/date in the at field before... ever..

Thanks Warren.

Peter

Thanks for the tip! I needed a space before the semicolon to get this to work for Eagle 9.2.2.

i.e. "WINDOW ;"