PCBNew Files Saved WIth "kicad-r7525" Will Not Open
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KiCad |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Chris Pavlina |
Bug Description
A PCB file saved from the nightly build " kicad-r7525.
Attempting to open the file gives the squawk " Error loading board.
Expecting "(" in input/source 'C:\Users\ . . . . \PC_Board.
line xxx "
(I investigated the problem by comparing the file saved from R7525 to previous versions of the file saved from other KiCAD builds. I found several instances where the attribute " hide " was added to modules used on the PC board. Replacing the instances of " hide)" with simply ")" produced a file that DID open, but after saving the file again, it would NOT open.)
Application: kicad
Version: (2017-01-25 revision 8f82f04)-makepkg, release build
Libraries: wxWidgets 3.0.2
Platform: Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
- Build Info -
wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,
Boost: 1.62.0
Curl: 7.51.0
KiCad - Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 with C++ ABI 1010
Settings: USE_WX_
Changed in kicad: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
The file format was changed without updating the version number. I'll fix that.
Wayne - you know I like to avoid breaking forward compatibility when possible, though it's not strictly our policy not to. Would you accept a patch against stable to backport the ability to read files written like this?