Library compatibility between 6.1 and 5.11

warrenbrayshaw wrote on Mon, 06 February 2012 17:07

Tim Wescott wrote:

I'm starting to work with a guy who's building libraries for me; I

just tried opening one of his libraries for the first time, and I

got

the message "Invalid data in file <filename>".

 

I looked at his library file, which is tagged as being created by

Eagle version 6.1.  I'm using 5.11, and don't really want to

change.

Should this be working?

 

I'm also on a Linux machine, and he's on a Windows machine --

could

this be the problem?

 

Libraries are not compatible.

I'm beginning to sound like a stuck record but keep away from v6 for

now.

Far to many issues to entertain using it.

But this isn't an issue with a "bug" so when the issues you are referring

to this issue will still be there.  EAGLE V6 will store any file it saves

in V6 format.  EAGLE V5 cannot read this.  The confusion is that CadSoft

didn't change the file extension.

What should have been done is the new extension becomes .schx, .pcbx, and

lbrx for instance to indicate the XML format.  Then files wouldn't be

overwritten which is part of the problem.

Being able to "save as" V5 format would be very helpful for design houses

like us where we could use one tool and save out different format.  Until

that is available you'll have to ensure that the library is provided in V5

format if you intend to use it in a V5 design.

Cheers,

James.

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Am 06.02.2012 23:47, schrieb Tim Wescott:

On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:07:45 +1300, Warren Brayshaw wrote:

 

>> Tim Wescott wrote:

>>> I'm starting to work with a guy who's building libraries for me; I just

>>> tried opening one of his libraries for the first time, and I got the

>>> message "Invalid data in file Warren

 

Man, I just can't say how happy it makes me to hear that.  At least --

not without using words my mother told me not to use.

 

You still could try to export the v6 libs and import them into new v5

libs. Anyway some errors will be reported, but perhaps not all the work

is lost

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Well, editing the XML file solved the problem. There was more parts with

gate="". I guess 6.1 can't handle these kind of parts. At least the library

opened now...

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