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Migration Guide for Allegro Platform Products Allegro Platform Front-End Products October 2019 26 Product Version 17.4-2019 © 1999-2019 All Rights Reserved. 4. In the Board text box, specify a name for the output board file to be generated. If you want to update an existing board, this field should have the same value as specified in the Input Board File text box. 5. To open the output board file immediately after the design is netlisted, ensure that the required layout tool is specified in the Design Sync Setup dialog box. The extension of the input and output board files specified in step 2 and step 3, respectively, is related to the layout tool selected in the Design Sync Setup dialog box. 6. Click OK to close the New Layout dialog box and create and open the .brd file. Migrating from Release 16.6 to Release 17.4-2019 The following sections provides details of the changes that you will observe when upgrading from 16.6 to 17.4-2019. ■ TCL Encryption ■ 64-bit Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Driver ■ Capture CIS Crystal Report Generation ■ Migrating to Capture-PCB Editor Flow TCL Encryption Command orcad::encrypt Not Supported The orcad::encrypt command for TCL encryption is not supported from 17.2-2016 release. To load files from the 16.6-release that were encrypted using this command, use the orcad::load command. Encrypting TCL Files To encrypt OrCAD TCL scripts, perform the following tasks: 1. Install an ActivateState TCL DevKit that supports TCL 8.6, or lower TCL version on your machine. 2. After the ActivateState TCL DevKit is installed, open a windows command prompt. 3. Run the following command: