broken report format select

[Anonymous]

i think i have broken ACE 2006!

i was messign with the report format file setup feature, got all my settings sorted and then started to generate a report using them. in the reports window i went to hit the load format file icon and managed to uncheck the project freshen/rebuild box and then hit the load format box in quick succession. it just hung. i had to stop autocad using task manager.

now when i select the format file button, it just hangs. doesnt do a thing. i have restarted ACE and the entire machine. no different. if i try and import the file back into the report format file setup feature, i get this error on the command line:

ERROR: Malformed string on input

what have i broken?

i tried loading in a different project (the ACE demo project) and activating it to see if that helped, but its still the same.

[Anonymous]

You can try this... use Explorer and browse to your c:\documents and
settings\{your login}\Application data\Autodesk\....\Support\User folder.
Look at files with ".set" extension. Rename the last one (time/date stamp)
you see there, maybe add an "_" in front of the name so AcadE won't find it.
Restart AcadE and see if you can recover. I suspect that one of these
report-specific settings files is corrupted.

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i think i have broken ACE 2006!

i was messign with the report format file setup feature, got all my settings
sorted and then started to generate a report using them. in the reports
window i went to hit the load format file icon and managed to uncheck the
project freshen/rebuild box and then hit the load format box in quick
succession. it just hung. i had to stop autocad using task manager.

now when i select the format file button, it just hangs. doesnt do a thing.
i have restarted ACE and the entire machine. no different. if i try and
import the file back into the report format file setup feature, i get this
error on the command line:

ERROR: Malformed string on input

what have i broken?

i tried loading in a different project (the ACE demo project) and activating
it to see if that helped, but its still the same.

[Anonymous]

phew, cheers Nate. my custom bom.set file must be corrupted somehow. all working again!

Thanks again.