Migration Guide for Allegro Platform Products
Allegro Platform Front-End Products
October 2019 27 Product Version 17.4-2019
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The generated output file has a .tbc extension and is encrypted.
4. Launch Capture and source the .tbc file in Capture using the source command.
64-bit Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Driver
The Capture CIS 17.4-2019 requires 64-bit ODBC driver instead of 32-bit ODBC driver as
Capture CIS has migrated to 64-bit platform from 32-bit platform.
Capture CIS Crystal Report Generation
The following changes have been made in Capture CIS for Crystal Report generation:
■ Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) connection method as the default connection
method
■ SQLite as the default database
Due to these changes, the customized Crystal Report Template in Capture CIS is affected.
If you have an existing .MDB reference file for Crystal Report generation, migrate to ODBC
connection method with SQLite as default database, using the following steps:
1. Convert the .mdb file to .db file using ODBC convert method in Microsoft Access.
2. Create a custom report using Crystal Report Designer using the following suggested
ODBC connection string for SQLite database:
DRIVER=SQLite3 ODBC Driver;Database="SQLite DB file
Name";LongNames = 0;Timeout = 1000; NoTXN =
0;SyncPragma=NORMAL;StepAPI=0;NoWCHAR=1;
For more information, see Capture CIS User Guide.
Migrating to Capture-PCB Editor Flow
This section provides guidelines to migrate from Capture-OrCAD Layout flow to Capture-PCB
Editor flow. You need 16.6 or previous version for this migration. The 17.4-2019 release does
not support this flow.
Migration tasks include:
