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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/19/2017 7:09 AM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
> Yes indeed it breaks that, I would argue that having an "invisible"
> field opened when using the context field is the source of the
> confusion. So I am aware it breaks the context menu for old schematics
> but think it is necessary anyway. 

I'm OK with this change.  I'm not sure why we would use the document
field from the library symbol rather the schematic symbol.  AFAIK, we
don't do that for any other schematic symbol fields.

> 
> I can of course use GetAssociatedDocument instead. 
> 
> On Oct 19, 2017 12:54 PM, "jp charras" <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Le 18/10/2017 à 20:20, Kristoffer Ödmark a écrit :
>     > Glad to hear it, I fixed a patch up that will highlight the
>     differences a bit better than I explain it.
>     >
>     > Basically it will fill the field from the properties if the field
>     is empty when adding components to
>     > the schematic.
>     >
>     > It will also use the Field to determine when to show the context
>     menu instead of relying on the
>     > library.
>     >
>     > - Kristoffer
>     >
> 
>     Unfortunately, it breaks access to the associated document for
>     existing schematics, that can have a
>     datasheet name set in library, but not in schematic.
> 
>     and calling:
>     ::wxLaunchDefaultBrowser( text ); is incorrect
>     (text is not always a .pdf doc with a full absolute path or URI)
>     see:
>     GetAssociatedDocument()
> 
>     --
>     Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
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