Running both V5 and V6

if you are looking for the path in a Windows environment, look at this

"what's new" paragraph for EAGLE V5.0:

The Windows version of EAGLE now stores the ‘eaglerc.usr’ file under the

directory that is defined by the registry key “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\

Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell

Folders\AppData” if no environment variable named HOME is defined. If no

such file exists at the new location, it tries to read it from the old

location.

Am 26.06.2012 00:14, schrieb Harry H. Arends:

This is what I did:

 

Created a empty file in both my project shares called eaglercV5.usr and

eagleV6.usr and adjusted the program start as you suggested.

Then started version 5 first, edited the directories to point to the new

shares and then closed 5 en started 6 to do the same.

That works great.

 

But then I found that the eagle.epf file in version 6 still contains

some version 5 information as show below:

------------

Version="06 02 00"

Platform="Windows"

Serial="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Globals="Globals"

Desktop="Desktop"

 

AutoSaveProject=1

UsedLibrary="C:/Program Files (x86)/Eagle_5/lbr/19inch.lbr"

UsedLibrary="C:/Program Files (x86)/Eagle_5/lbr/40xx.lbr"

UsedLibrary="C:/Program Files (x86)/Eagle_5/lbr/41xx.lbr"

UsedLibrary="C:/Program Files (x86)/Eagle_5/lbr/45xx.lbr"

--------------

 

I thought I could solve this problem by doing a library update all but

with no success.

Is this noral or a bug?

 

>

"Ben"  schreef in bericht news:js9fv1$cac$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

 

Hi,

 

you must have two different "eaglerc.usr" files.

Let's say you use V5 with file "eaglerc.usr" and V6 with a copied

version called "eaglerc_v6.usr".

Then you have to start V6 with parameter "eaglerc_v6.usr":

 

C:\your_program_path_to_eagle\EAGLE-6.2.0\bin\eagle.exe

"-UC:\your_path_to_eaglerc_file\eaglerc_v6.usr"

 

Hope that helps...

 

>

Am 23.06.2012 11:55, schrieb Harry H. Arends:

>> As some of my customers still run version 5 I need to have both versions

>> next to each other.

>> Therefore I created a share V5 that contains all V5 projects and scripts.

>> Also created a share named V6 and that one containt all new V6 files.

>>

>> Then I strated version 5 and updated the directorie to something like

>> this:

>>
MYBOOKLIVE\EagleV5\lbr;C:\Program Files (x86)\Eagle_5\lbr

>> So it points to the old program directory and also to the new share for

>> version 5.

>>

>> But surprise surprise when I started version 6.2 to adjust the

>> directorie to the V6 values, the changed V5 values showed uup.

>>

>> The question is how can I tell Eagle to use the V5 directories when I

>> start version 5 and use the V6 directories when I start version 6.

>>

>> Regards

>>

>> Harry

This is what I did:

Created a empty file in both my project shares called eaglercV5.usr and

eagleV6.usr and adjusted the program start as you suggested.

Then started version 5 first, edited the directories to point to the new

shares and then closed 5 en started 6 to do the same.

That works great.

But then I found that the eagle.epf file in version 6 still contains some

version 5 information as show below:

-

Version="06 02 00"

Platform="Windows"

Serial="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Globals="Globals"

Desktop="Desktop"

AutoSaveProject=1

UsedLibrary="C:/Program Files (x86)/Eagle_5/lbr/19inch.lbr"

UsedLibrary="C:/Program Files (x86)/Eagle_5/lbr/40xx.lbr"

UsedLibrary="C:/Program Files (x86)/Eagle_5/lbr/41xx.lbr"

UsedLibrary="C:/Program Files (x86)/Eagle_5/lbr/45xx.lbr"

-

I thought I could solve this problem by doing a library update all but with

no success.

Is this noral or a bug?

"Ben"  schreef in bericht news:js9fv1$cac$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

Hi,

you must have two different "eaglerc.usr" files.

Let's say you use V5 with file "eaglerc.usr" and V6 with a copied

version called "eaglerc_v6.usr".

Then you have to start V6 with parameter "eaglerc_v6.usr":

C:\your_program_path_to_eagle\EAGLE-6.2.0\bin\eagle.exe

"-UC:\your_path_to_eaglerc_file\eaglerc_v6.usr"

Hope that helps...

Am 23.06.2012 11:55, schrieb Harry H. Arends:

As some of my customers still run version 5 I need to have both versions

next to each other.

Therefore I created a share V5 that contains all V5 projects and scripts.

Also created a share named V6 and that one containt all new V6 files.

 

Then I strated version 5 and updated the directorie to something like

this:

MYBOOKLIVE\EagleV5\lbr;C:\Program Files (x86)\Eagle_5\lbr

So it points to the old program directory and also to the new share for

version 5.

 

But surprise surprise when I started version 6.2 to adjust the

directorie to the V6 values, the changed V5 values showed uup.

 

The question is how can I tell Eagle to use the V5 directories when I

start version 5 and use the V6 directories when I start version 6.

 

Regards

 

Harry

I did a search on theeaglerc.usr files on my system but found none.

Should I create this by myself?

"Ben"  schreef in bericht news:js9fv1$cac$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

Hi,

you must have two different "eaglerc.usr" files.

Let's say you use V5 with file "eaglerc.usr" and V6 with a copied

version called "eaglerc_v6.usr".

Then you have to start V6 with parameter "eaglerc_v6.usr":

C:\your_program_path_to_eagle\EAGLE-6.2.0\bin\eagle.exe

"-UC:\your_path_to_eaglerc_file\eaglerc_v6.usr"

Hope that helps...

Am 23.06.2012 11:55, schrieb Harry H. Arends:

As some of my customers still run version 5 I need to have both versions

next to each other.

Therefore I created a share V5 that contains all V5 projects and scripts.

Also created a share named V6 and that one containt all new V6 files.

 

Then I strated version 5 and updated the directorie to something like

this:

MYBOOKLIVE\EagleV5\lbr;C:\Program Files (x86)\Eagle_5\lbr

So it points to the old program directory and also to the new share for

version 5.

 

But surprise surprise when I started version 6.2 to adjust the

directorie to the V6 values, the changed V5 values showed uup.

 

The question is how can I tell Eagle to use the V5 directories when I

start version 5 and use the V6 directories when I start version 6.

 

Regards

 

Harry

Hi,

you must have two different "eaglerc.usr" files.

Let's say you use V5 with file "eaglerc.usr" and V6 with a copied

version called "eaglerc_v6.usr".

Then you have to start V6 with parameter "eaglerc_v6.usr":

C:\your_program_path_to_eagle\EAGLE-6.2.0\bin\eagle.exe

"-UC:\your_path_to_eaglerc_file\eaglerc_v6.usr"

Hope that helps...

Am 23.06.2012 11:55, schrieb Harry H. Arends:

As some of my customers still run version 5 I need to have both versions

next to each other.

Therefore I created a share V5 that contains all V5 projects and scripts.

Also created a share named V6 and that one containt all new V6 files.

 

Then I strated version 5 and updated the directorie to something like this:

MYBOOKLIVE\EagleV5\lbr;C:\Program Files (x86)\Eagle_5\lbr

So it points to the old program directory and also to the new share for

version 5.

 

But surprise surprise when I started version 6.2 to adjust the

directorie to the V6 values, the changed V5 values showed uup.

 

The question is how can I tell Eagle to use the V5 directories when I

start version 5 and use the V6 directories when I start version 6.

 

Regards

 

Harry