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XACTstep wir2xnf 5.2.1 may fail with WIR files created by Powerview 6.1


Record #2874

Product Family: Software

Product Line: ViewLogic

Product Part: powerview

Problem Title:
XACTstep wir2xnf 5.2.1 may fail with WIR files created by Powerview 6.1


Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard

General Description:
Viewlogic has made a change in the WIR file format with Powerview 6.1. Long
lines can be truncated into multiple lines by the use of a continuation
character. When WIR2XNF 5.x attempts to translate this file, it complains
that it does not understand the continuation character. The character is a "+".


Solution 1:

In your viewdraw.ini file for this project, make sure the following line does
not exist:

|5.0 WIR_CONT_CHAR 1

If this is removed, the WIR files will not have the continuation character and
WIR2XNF will proceed as expected.




End of Record #2874 - Last Modified: 05/12/98 13:19

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