We nowadays provide fault notifications, workarounds and fixes in the Status Log but this section is maintained for long term reference and 'how-to' items.

This section is divided as follows:-

• Notice for Vutrax 13.2a for Linux
• Notice for Vutrax 13.1a for Linux
• Notices for Vutrax 12.2c
• Supplementary documentation for Vutrax 12.0 through 13.0
  (This section includes SAN 197 which describes patch application).
• Long Term Advice - (Advice and tricks for many issues).

Notice for Vutrax 13.2a for Linux

• SAN 215 (18 Aug 2008)
  [Linux only] Installation on Fedora Core 9 and similar variants may fail, as may the fallback help system.
  Workarounds provided.

Notice for Vutrax 13.1a for Linux

• SAN 214 Issue 3 (24 Jan 2008)
  [Linux only] Systems including SELinux or for x64 processors may experience install and/or run-time problems. These can be avoided by changing a couple of Settings.
  [Linux only] The Help browser may fail to run in some recent distributions.
  Quick workaround, or Fix by Package installation both provided.

Notices for Vutrax 12.2c

• SAN 205 Issue 2 (updated 10 Dec 2000 - Vutrax 12.2c under Microsoft Windows ME)
  Windows ME was introduced after Vutrax 12.2c was frozen, and does not automatically adapt. You may want to vary your installation procedure and apply a small patch
• SAN 203 Issue 3 (updated 10 Dec 2000 - Handling Installation Problems)
  Installation is normally trouble free - if yours is not these pointers may help.

Supplementary documentation for Vutrax 12.0 through 12.5

• SAN 212 (11 Jan 2003 - Operation with Networks Limited to 8.3 style Filenames)
  The conventions for temporary and backup file extensions malfunction in such environments. This is an automated patch to retain single 3 character extensions.
• SAN 211 (7 Sep 2002 - Failure of Hardware Keys after 3rd Party Software Installs)
  Some 3rd party utilities mess up port access or file locking.
• SAN 197 Issue 2 (5 Sept 2001 - How to Apply VTXPATCH Patches)
  This gets referenced from the Status Log and other SANs to explain how to apply patches.
• SAN 193 (22 July 1998 - Setting up Windows File associations)
  To get file names with spaces to associated properly you need this trick.
• SAN 181 (14 Apr 1998 - Is VUTRAX 12.0a safe for me to install?)
  What installation and Uninstallation do. Which operating systems are OK.
• SAN 178 (14 Apr 1998 - Customising the 'Back-side' Colour display)
  How to adjust the hues used to differentiate SM pads on Front or Back sides.
• SAN 177 Issue 3 (Updated May 2000 - Customising Toolbar Buttons)
  How to invent new button graphics and your own choice of functions.
• SAN 176 (14 Apr 1998 - Updating your own PLOT control files to VUTRAX 12)
  Standard control files are supplied modified. If you have non-standard control files this procedure will normally convert them.

Long Term Advice

• SAN 213 (11 Oct 2004 - Slow Startup when run over a network)
  If the Vutrax Install directory is accessed over a network then initial Vutrax startup may be slow. A patch is provided to avoid the problem.
• SAN 209 (23 May 2001 - Jerky Cursor and fragmented or mis-timing of Flash & Blink
  These problems may occur with the default settings of some graphics controllers.
• SAN 208 (20 Jan 2001 - No Underlined Characters in Menus and Dialogues
  In Windows 2000 onwards keyboard navigation is hidden by a Microsoft design change. This explains how to see it.
• SAN 207 (17 Jan 2001 - Image Wrapping on Highly Zoomed Drawings
  What to do if DRAFT 'wraps' the image on Highly ZOOMed Drawings - a problem related to graphics hardware and drivers.
• SAN 206 Issue 2 (2 Jan 2002 - Using Vutrax For Stripboard (Veroboard) )
  How to use Vutrax for Prototyping on stripped and drilled board.
• SAN 204 (12 Sep 1999 - Help with CNC Output Compatibility Problems)
  In particular how to remove the leading and trailing blanks if your machine or software doesn't like them.
• SAN 202 (29 Jan 1999 - Interface Utilities may hang reading Expanded Text Graphics)
  A problem with end-of-file handling is possible - this SAN provides a simple workaround.
• SAN 201 Issue 2 (24 May 2000 - DRAFT & EMCRITIC 'Groundplane' Malfunctions)
  Faults in Windows 'Region' handling may cause problems - provides diagnosis and workarounds.
• SAN 192 (22 July 1998 - What to do if you can't update schematic values)
  How to edit DRAFT schematic values if fields are mismatched.
• SAN 173 (8 Dec 1997 - Signal Optimisation)
  Some general advice, and a specific technique for double sided Surface mount SIMM modules.
• SAN 148 (30 Mar 1996 - Enlarging Printed Area on HP InkJet Printers)
  How to make HP 500 and 600 series colour inkjet printers use more of the A4 sheet.
• SAN 146 (3 Mar 1996 - Metafile Compatibility for 16 and 32 bit Windows)
  Metafiles passed from Windows 3.1 or 3.11 to Windows-95 or Windows NT 3.51.
• SAN 145 (3 Mar 1996 - Postscript out compatibility)
  PLOT Postscript output compatibility (particularly with Acrobat).
• SAN 117 (6 July 1993 - Postscript leaving circular arcs unclosed)
  Postscript Output - Uncompleted arcs for circular pads.
• SAN 116 Issue 2 (12 Sep 2002 - Obtaining Identical coordinates in Photoplot & CNC)
  For issues prior to Vutrax 12.4a: Forcing PLOT to use identical coordinates in Photoplots and CNC output.
• SAN 96 (13 Feb 1992 - Faster pen-plotting on HPGL plotters)
  Speeding up pad drawing on HPGL pen plotters.
• SAN 43a (19 Feb 1998 - Enlarging Printed Area on HP laser Printers)
  Plotting outside the normal HP Laserjet border.