User Guide

Can't updatefile
If this message appears when loading an EAGLE file that was made with
aversionearlierthan2.60itisnecessaryfirsttoconvertthefile.
The program update26.exe, which is located in the eagle/bin directory, is
usedforthispurpose.
Copy the file that is to be converted into the directory containing both
update26.exe and the file layers.new. Then open a DOS window under
Windows,andchangeintothisdirectory.Typethecommand:
update26dateiname.ext
The file is converted, after which it can be read by the new version of
EAGLE. If the conversion is successful, the message in the DOS box is:
ok...
If the message Please define replacement for layer xxx in layers.new should
appear, it means that you have defined your own layers in layout/sche
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matic/library.
Because of the new layer structure used since version 2.6, a new layer
number(greaterthan100)mustbeassigned.
This requires you to edit the file layers.new using a simple text editor,
adding,forexample,anewlayernumberasthelastlineofthefile.
If, for instance, you have used layer 55, and want to give it number 105,
enter:
55105
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