Corrupt schematic file in Orcad?

[farhada]

orcad ole

Hi,
I wonder if anyone here had the same problem before.

I have 2 version of OrCad, version 10 at work and version 9.1 at home. One of my designs was created in 9.1 and I worked on it on both 9.1 and 10 depending on where I was working on it.

The problem I have is that for some strange reason the desing got corrupted and I can not open it again. I keep getting "illegal OLE call" from it.

The problem started after I upgraded my computer to SP2 of Win XP (Big mistake by the way).

Any clue on how to solve this problem is highly appreciated,

Best regards,
/Farhad

 

[binu G]

Try opening the backup
with an extension *.bak.

binu g

 

[binu G]

Also Check the file system, there may be a chance that the file security option got corupted. you can rectify it by taking the ownership of the file in administrator mode. i faced the same problem once.

Regads
Binu G

 

[farhada]

Thanks,
I checked out the backup file (it is .Wbk) but it has the same problem. It seems that the problem is permanent, I have to get back my backup from 2 weeks ago to see if it helps or is it a problem with the stupid SP2 of WinXP.

BR,
/Farhad

 

[binu G]

if it is schematic file,
check for the *.DBK file in the same folder.
open it in the capture.

regards
binu g

 

[farhada]

Thanks for correcting me. It is the DBK file and not WBK. But the problem still exists.

Tried to access the file on Win98, but it didn't help either.

I have to re-do the schematic again.

Thank you all.

BR,
/Farhad