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O.K., I took the plunge and started using 11, got used to it better than I expected,

However

When I try to hatch it crashes.

I am using dual monitors with the tools on the second monitor, thought that might be the problem.

But

When I go back to a single monitor with all controls on one screen, I still crash when trying to hatch.

Never had this problem with 10.

Whatsup?

John

P.S.

Installed 11 on my laptop to check it out there and cant get the hardlock driver to work,"cant find file"
Went to the hardlock folder to install from ther and windows wont accept the driver????

I have the correct hardlock, the light comes on

why do I need the new drivers when the hardlock works on my desktop box?

John

What flavor of Windows are you using on the desktop and laptop?

I have been reluctant to use this forum, really like the dbug forum
but decided to give this on a shot, been over five minutes since I first posted and no reply yet, what samatter?
John

windows xp home on both.

John

SP2?

no sp2 on either box, afeared uf thatun

John

I know XP required newer drivers than what was on the CD. I don't know if that helps or not. I do know when SP2 came out there was some issues with the drivers.

Could you have updated the drivers previously on your desktop?

I think Windows update is now updating the hardlock driver with or without SP2. Can someone confirm this?

Hello John:

Have you updated v11 to the latest (v11.07.00)? And, I think SP2 is pretty safe these days -- MS will stop supporting SP1 at some point fairly soon, I think.

As for the crashing, hmmm, I don't think it is the dual monitors. V11 is very stable; if not quite as stable as v10. How are you doing the hatch -- are you avoiding using the old Polyline.DCX, I hope?

Well, not exactly a crash after all.

When I scrolled up the pattern buttons and passed to angles I thought it was locking up, however the scale was too tight and was taking a long time to load the preview window, same thing happened with "dots"

I have downloaded the new hardlock driver and will let you know if that helps with my notebook/11 problem.

John

Hello John:

Ah, you can hit the End key (or is it the Delete key?) to abort the hatch preview.

And, you need to also get the HASP driver -- take a look at the instructions here:
http://www.datacad.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=268

Hmmn,

Maybe this forum aint so bad after all, may just take a little "gittin ust to it"

Kinda like moving up to "11".

Thanks,

John

Up date on my notebook hardlock problem

Hard lock light does NOT come on when plugged into the notebook.

But

It does come on when plugged into my desktop box.

However

My wired optical mouse does power up when plugged into the same USB
port on the notebook.

I did install the 11.07 up date but not yet the new hard lock driver.

Will try that next.

John

RE: Notebook

Gateway 7400 Series
Mobile AMD Athlon 64
Processor 3400+
793MHz 1.00 GB of Ram
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700
60 Gig Hard Drive
CD/DVD Read/Write
4 USB Ports
+ More

Windows XP Home SP2

Installed the HASP Driver from DataCAD site
Every thing is "Hunky Dorey"

John