instances not assembling

: "dakeb" wrote : Guys, : : Intralink 3.2 proe rel 2001 : : I have a problem with instances not opening for assembly in proe. This : happens if the filename is quite long. It only happens on the computer of : one user, the others are fine. If it's say, a washer, Proe gives a message : something like 'incorrect file extension sher> not allowed'. It's as if it's : truncating the filename, and reading the rest of the filename as an : extension. For instances with shorter names it works fine. : : I can work around it by selecting the generic for assembly, then picking the : required instance from the list. : : Also, the generic will open using File/Open. : : It just won't assemble. : : Any ideas? : It's localized to a single computer. That's a good thing. I'd start by renaming a local config.pro, forcing pro-e to load only default/corporate settings. If the problem went away, you'd know to hunt for a config option. And then it could be turning on instance accerators, limits of parameter length that the instance name is associated with (though this seems a little too general) or even what editor is being used for family tables and possibly rejection of certain characters in file names. But at least if config.pro was the culprit, you'd have a place to start. I take it that Intralink has no problem listing this instance in workspace.

David Janes

: Thanks, : : Dave : :

It lists them in the Workspace, but doesn't list them in the proi directory on C:

Tried different config.pro files top no avail.

Solution courtesy of Don Jordan on the Pro-user exploder:-

You may want to take a look at how long this users workspace names are. I

seem to remember an issue with very long workspace names and long part

names, when combined exceeded the proe name length allowed.

: "dakeb" wrote : Solution courtesy of Don Jordan on the Pro-user exploder:- : : You may want to take a look at how long this users workspace names are. I : : seem to remember an issue with very long workspace names and long part : : names, when combined exceeded the proe name length allowed. : I don't really get it: how are workspace names ever combined with part names, especially when you are opening instances from workspace to assemble them?

Jim Proctor on Pro-user tells me the limit is 63 characters.

If you are working on Proe in Ilink, it opens the object you are assembling by current workspace name + instance name + . It does this even if you are selecting the object from Commonspace. Instance name + generic name can be very long if you want a decent description in the part name, for example, fasteners in a family table.

Strange that it doesn't do the same with File/Open. The mind boggles. IF it has to have a limit, why can't it default to the Windows limit of 255 characters?

Workaround is to assemble the next higher generic, and select the instance from the Window. For some reason Proe likes it better that way.