CATIA Object Manager (COM)

 

General Issues

CATCLEAN & /CLN message file structure (AFFCLN.msg) in French version
When setting the variable catia.MESSAGE to French message in the CONFIG_USER.dcls, the message file AFFCLN.msg should be organized in the format available as AFFCLN.msg. in the "samples" directory. There should not be any blank line with an “&” in the first column.

Warning ! if you are accessing this Program Directory from Windows, the "msg" extension may open the file in an unexpected application. To avoid that, use the "Save target as..." capability in the contextual menu.
Merge of models gives "Internal Error"
Models need to be cleaned to remove type description 142 associated with those problematic models. Use command "/TRACDMA CLEAN142" to clean the models and then merge the clean saved models.

Open Issues

None
 

Documentation

Compiler location under SUN Solaris
catgeo and catlink utilities assume that the compiler is installed under /opt/forte10/SUNWspro, if BASEDIR (pkginfo -r SPROcpl.*) of SUN Studio 10 compiler is not /opt/forte10, one should create a link between /opt/forte10 and BASEDIR
Binary Compatibility with Previous Version
  • CATIA API users should rebuild and relink all their code with the new catgeo and catlink procedures delivered with CATIA Version 4 Release 2.5.
  • For information about recommended build options, please refer to Installation Requirements/Operating System Requirements and specific Operating System sections:
    • AIX
    • HP-UX
      • Specific HP-UX concern: As CATIA Version 4 Release 2.4 was built on HP-UX 10.20, all externals components should be rebuilt on HP 11iv1.
    • SUN Solaris
  • CATIA Version 4 Release 2.5 is using Motif 2.1. For specific information about Motif 2.1 please refer to the Motif 2.1 chapter of the CATIA Products Information/Application Development/Graphic Interactive Interface/Documentation page of this document