PCB Libraries Forum : Illegal Character in Library Fields https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:25:47 +0000 Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:44:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3311 <![CDATA[PCB Libraries Forum]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/forum_images/PCBLForumLogo.gif https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Illegal Character in Library Fields : Download and install V23.13 to...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/illegal-character-in-library-fields_topic3311_post13270.html#13270 Author: Tom H
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Posted: 28 Sep 2023 at 7:44am

Download and install V23.13 to get this update - www.pcblibraries.com/downloads

]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:44:45 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/illegal-character-in-library-fields_topic3311_post13270.html#13270 <![CDATA[Illegal Character in Library Fields : Error checking added to library...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/illegal-character-in-library-fields_topic3311_post13268.html#13268 Author: Jeff.M
Subject: 3311
Posted: 27 Sep 2023 at 4:03pm

Error checking added to library paste and edit operations that will flag and fix any illegal characters with ASCII codes of less than 32 or greater than 126.]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:03:20 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/illegal-character-in-library-fields_topic3311_post13268.html#13268 <![CDATA[Illegal Character in Library Fields : I thought that since the 2020...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/illegal-character-in-library-fields_topic3311_post13237.html#13237 Author: tgrodnicki
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Posted: 30 Aug 2023 at 10:42pm

I thought that since the 2020 database was accepting such characters, the current behavior was a bug.
In this case, the program should not allow the input of characters with ASCII codes outside the range 20-127.

If the database data format will be changed in the future, you can try to support Unicode encoding.
]]> Wed, 30 Aug 2023 22:42:45 +0000 https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/illegal-character-in-library-fields_topic3311_post13237.html#13237 <![CDATA[Illegal Character in Library Fields : The FPX file is ASCII format.Any...]]> https://www.PCBLibraries.com/forum/illegal-character-in-library-fields_topic3311_post13236.html#13236 Author: Tom H
Subject: 3311
Posted: 30 Aug 2023 at 7:49am

The FPX file is ASCII format. 

Any "Symbol" is illegal in an ASCII database. People copy/paste data from a PDF file into a FPX cell and then the database becomes corrupt. 

You can open the FPX file in Excel spreadsheet and locate the damage easily and remove it. But to get the Excel data back to FPX you must copy/paste the Excel rows and columns into an ASCII text editor like Notepad and then save the file back to .fpx format. 

Common illegal Symbols are - ™ © ±  °  µ  ®  €  Ã


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Subject: 3311
Posted: 30 Aug 2023 at 5:51am

Characters "ó" (Latin Small Letter O with Acute) or "Ó" (Latin Capital Letter O with Acute) are not allowed in library fields.
Other Polish diacritics are acceptable.

Footprint Expert 23 Enterprise Edition 23.11, 8/25/2023
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