Directory option no longer working?

On 12/21/2014 12:30 PM, Matt Ryan wrote:

Hi Matt,

I hope you're doing well. Could you provide some more details about your

operating system and any other pertinent details. I would appreciate

similar info from others on this thread. This is the first I hear of

such and issue.

Additionally, a step by step procedure of how you ran into this bug will

be helpful. There could be something in the sequence that causes the hickup.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Hi Jorge,

Your question has spawned new information...

I am using version 7.2 and this happens on both a Win XP 32 bit and Win 7 64 bit platform.

My options->directories library path has been modified to be simply:

C:\Documents and Settings\Main User\My Documents\eagle\lbr

I have copied the core libraries from the main Eagle directory to this folder, but also left them in the default directory.

The original problem is:

When, in a schematic, I type "add", then there is a long pause and when the add dialog comes up, it shows me entries for both the libraries located in my "My Documents" path and the main eagle path, despite the fact that the options->directories path is ONLY for the "My Documents" path.

New information:

I thought the duplicate path was the main eagle path, but it is not.  It is from the 7.1 version!!  So it is "C:\EAGLE-7.10/lbr/..."

Help?  The 7.2 directory path is only to the My Documents lbr folder.  Why is it looking also in the older 7.1 version?

Thanks,
Matt

I've never had anything but version 7.2.  Somehow folders with the same name become ghosts and deleting one deletes both.  That's how I lost my project files.

On 23/12/2014 3:18 p.m., Matt Ryan wrote:

Hi Jorge,

 

Your question has spawned new information...

 

I am using version 7.2 and this happens on both a Win XP 32 bit and Win

7 64 bit platform.

 

My options->directories library path has been modified to be simply:

C:\Documents and Settings\Main User\My Documents\eagle\lbr

 

I have copied the core libraries from the main Eagle directory to this

folder, but also left them in the default directory.

 

The original problem is:

When, in a schematic, I type "add", then there is a long pause and when

the add dialog comes up, it shows me entries for both the libraries

located in my "My Documents" path and the main eagle path, despite the

fact that the options->directories path is ONLY for the "My Documents"

path.

 

New information:

I thought the duplicate path was the main eagle path, but it is not.  It

is from the 7.1 version!!  So it is "C:\EAGLE-7.10/lbr/..."

 

Help?  The 7.2 directory path is only to the My Documents lbr folder.

Why is it looking also in the older 7.1 version?

 

Thanks,

Matt

If you are using projects the issue may be in the eagle.epf file of the

project as it holds a list of the used libraries. Verify it by opening

it in a text editor. If it does contain both 7.1 and 7.2 libraries that

will be the cause of seeing both when you initiate an ADD.

The easiest fix is to type USE -* in the command line. That will drop

all libraries. Then USE the ones you want either from the control panel

or use the command line again. See HELP > Editor Commands > USE

HTH

Warren

Hi Matt,

Adding to Warren's comment, there's also the need to make sure that the

eaglerc file is not being shared between multiple versions of EAGLE.

This can create some "crosstalk" between versions. If you don't find

that the EAGLE .epf file is the cause this is the next possible

contender. This shouldn't be a problem in the V7 series but it's worth

guaranteeing that it isn't a cause.

I've found that the best way to handle this is to explicitly tell EAGLE

what eaglerc file to use. This is done by starting EAGLE through a batch

file. It's a simple one liner, here's mine:

"C:\Program Files\EAGLE-6.5.0\bin\eagle.exe" -U"C:\Documents and

Settings\Administrator\My Documents\eagle\eaglerc650.usr"

Adjust the paths as necessary.

hth,

Jorge Garcia

Hi Matt,

Adding to Warren's comment, there's also the need to make sure that the

eaglerc file is not being shared between multiple versions of EAGLE.

This can create some "crosstalk" between versions. If you don't find

that the EAGLE .epf file is the cause this is the next possible

contender. This shouldn't be a problem in the V7 series but it's worth

guaranteeing that it isn't a cause.

I've found that the best way to handle this is to explicitly tell EAGLE

what eaglerc file to use. This is done by starting EAGLE through a batch

file. It's a simple one liner, here's mine:

"C:\Program Files\EAGLE-6.5.0\bin\eagle.exe" -U"C:\Documents and

Settings\Administrator\My Documents\eagle\eaglerc650.usr"

Adjust the paths as necessary.

hth,

Jorge Garcia