Catalog Manager "REFRESH"

Hello

anyone knows what is the meaning of the button "refresh" in the "catalog manager"?

Sometime (seems random) after importing a new database I can not find the new symbols. Clicking "Refresh" button all symbols are updated.

Regards, Costantino

  • Costantino,

    The refresh is really just a re-index of the catalogs 'catalog.mdb' file that sits in the catalogs root folder. If for instance you were to manually add a symbol or remove some families in the background you could update the catalog by clicking 'refresh'.

    Normally this shouldn't be needed but I have seen rare situations across networks where the catalog needs refreshing to list modified or new symbols and macros.

    I have also seen a situation where new catalogs that are added to the paths in the 'Setup' dialog don't get displayed when the 'Catalog Manager' is first opened. However I find that just closing and opening the 'Catalog Manager' usually corrects this.

    Hope this helps,

    John.


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