++Pcbnew

Pcbnew: Fixed an issue in GERBER file creation, under Vista and W7 only for non administrator users
Plot files were 0 byte length.
This was due to use of function tmpfile() in a GERBER function to create a temporary file that seems not working using mingw.
Replaced by more usual files functions.

CHANGELOG.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ KiCad ChangeLog 2010
 Please add newer entries at the top, list the date and your name with
 email address.
 
+2010-mar-31, UPDATE Jean-Pierre Charras <jean-pierre.charras@gipsa-lab.inpg.fr>
+================================================================================
+++Pcbnew
+    Fixed an issue in GERBER file creation, under Vista and W7 only for non administrator users
+    Plot files were 0 byte length.
+    This was due to use of function tmpfile() in a GERBER function
+    to create a temporary file that seems not working using mingw.
+    Replaced by more usual files functions.
 
 2010-mar-29, UPDATE Jean-Pierre Charras <jean-pierre.charras@gipsa-lab.inpg.fr>
 ================================================================================

common/common_plotDXF_functions.cpp

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void DXF_PLOTTER::set_viewport( wxPoint offset,
 }
 
 
-void DXF_PLOTTER::start_plot( FILE* fout )
+bool DXF_PLOTTER::start_plot( FILE* fout )
 {
     wxASSERT( !output_file );
     output_file = fout;
@@ -45,16 +45,20 @@ void DXF_PLOTTER::start_plot( FILE* fout )
 
     /* End of layer table, begin entities */
     fputs( "0\nENDTAB\n0\nENDSEC\n0\nSECTION\n2\nENTITIES\n", output_file );
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 
-void DXF_PLOTTER::end_plot()
+bool DXF_PLOTTER::end_plot()
 {
     wxASSERT( output_file );
     /* DXF FOOTER */
     fputs( "0\nENDSEC\n0\nEOF\n", output_file );
     fclose( output_file );
-    output_file = 0;
+    output_file = NULL;
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 

common/common_plotGERBER_functions.cpp

@@ -39,14 +39,22 @@ void GERBER_PLOTTER::set_viewport( wxPoint offset,
  * initialize global variable g_Plot_PlotOutputFile
  * @param aFile: an opened file to write to
  */
-void GERBER_PLOTTER::start_plot( FILE* aFile )
+bool GERBER_PLOTTER::start_plot( FILE* aFile )
 {
     char Line[1024];
 
     wxASSERT( !output_file );
     final_file  = aFile;
-    work_file   = tmpfile();
+
+    // Create a temporary filename to store gerber file
+    // note tmpfile() does not work under Vista and W7 un user mode
+    m_workFilename = filename + wxT(".tmp");
+    work_file   = wxFopen( m_workFilename, wxT( "wt" ));
     output_file = work_file;
+    wxASSERT( output_file );
+    if( output_file == NULL )
+        return false;
+
     DateAndTime( Line );
     wxString Title = creator + wxT( " " ) + GetBuildVersion();
     fprintf( output_file, "G04 (created by %s) date %s*\n",
@@ -63,10 +71,12 @@ void GERBER_PLOTTER::start_plot( FILE* aFile )
     fputs( "G04 APERTURE LIST*\n", output_file );
     /* Select the default aperture */
     set_current_line_width( -1 );
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 
-void GERBER_PLOTTER::end_plot()
+bool GERBER_PLOTTER::end_plot()
 {
     char     line[1024];
     wxString msg;
@@ -75,7 +85,10 @@ void GERBER_PLOTTER::end_plot()
     /* Outfile is actually a temporary file! */
     fputs( "M02*\n", output_file );
     fflush( output_file );
-    rewind( work_file ); // work_file == output_file !!!
+//    rewind( work_file ); // work_file == output_file !!!
+    fclose( work_file );
+    work_file   = wxFopen( m_workFilename, wxT( "rt" ));
+    wxASSERT( work_file );
     output_file = final_file;
 
 
@@ -92,7 +105,10 @@ void GERBER_PLOTTER::end_plot()
 
     fclose( work_file );
     fclose( final_file );
+    ::wxRemoveFile( m_workFilename );
     output_file = 0;
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 

common/common_plotHPGL_functions.cpp

@@ -28,20 +28,22 @@ void HPGL_PLOTTER::set_viewport( wxPoint offset, double aScale, int orient )
 }
 
 
-void HPGL_PLOTTER::start_plot( FILE* fout )
+bool HPGL_PLOTTER::start_plot( FILE* fout )
 {
     wxASSERT( !output_file );
     output_file = fout;
     fprintf( output_file, "IN;VS%d;PU;PA;SP%d;\n", pen_speed, pen_number );
+    return true;
 }
 
 
-void HPGL_PLOTTER::end_plot()
+bool HPGL_PLOTTER::end_plot()
 {
     wxASSERT( output_file );
     fputs( "PU;PA;SP0;\n", output_file );
     fclose( output_file );
-    output_file = 0;
+    output_file = NULL;
+    return true;
 }
 
 

common/common_plotPS_functions.cpp

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ void PS_PLOTTER::pen_to( wxPoint pos, char plume )
  * BBox is the boundary box (position and size of the "client rectangle"
  * for drawings (page - margins) in mils (0.001 inch)
  */
-void PS_PLOTTER::start_plot( FILE* fout )
+bool PS_PLOTTER::start_plot( FILE* fout )
 {
     wxASSERT( !output_file );
     wxString           msg;
@@ -366,15 +366,19 @@ void PS_PLOTTER::start_plot( FILE* fout )
     // Set default line width ( g_Plot_DefaultPenWidth is in user units )
     fprintf( output_file, "%g setlinewidth\n",
              user_to_device_size( default_pen_width ) );
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 
-void PS_PLOTTER::end_plot()
+bool PS_PLOTTER::end_plot()
 {
     wxASSERT( output_file );
     fputs( "showpage\ngrestore\n%%EOF\n", output_file );
     fclose( output_file );
-    output_file = 0;
+    output_file = NULL;
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 

include/plot_common.h

@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ public:
     PlotFormat GetPlotterType()
     { return m_PlotType; }
 
-    virtual void start_plot( FILE* fout ) = 0;
-    virtual void end_plot() = 0;
+    virtual bool start_plot( FILE* fout ) = 0;
+    virtual bool end_plot() = 0;
 
     virtual void set_negative( bool _negative )
     {
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    virtual void start_plot( FILE* fout );
-    virtual void end_plot();
+    virtual bool start_plot( FILE* fout );
+    virtual bool end_plot();
 
 /* HPGL doesn't handle line thickness or color */
     virtual void set_current_line_width( int width )
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ public:
         plot_scale_adjY = 1;
     }
 
-    virtual void start_plot( FILE* fout );
-    virtual void end_plot();
+    virtual bool start_plot( FILE* fout );
+    virtual bool end_plot();
     virtual void set_current_line_width( int width );
     virtual void set_default_line_width( int width );
     virtual void set_dash( bool dashed );
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ public:
     }
 
 
-    virtual void                    start_plot( FILE* fout );
-    virtual void                    end_plot();
+    virtual bool                    start_plot( FILE* fout );
+    virtual bool                    end_plot();
     virtual void                    set_current_line_width( int width );
     virtual void                    set_default_line_width( int width );
 
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ protected:
                                                   APERTURE::Aperture_Type type );
 
     FILE* work_file, * final_file;
+    wxString    m_workFilename;
+
     void                            write_aperture_list();
 
     std::vector<APERTURE>           apertures;
@@ -388,8 +390,8 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    virtual void start_plot( FILE* fout );
-    virtual void end_plot();
+    virtual bool start_plot( FILE* fout );
+    virtual bool end_plot();
 
 /* For now we don't use 'thick' primitives, so no line width */
     virtual void set_current_line_width( int width )

pcbnew/plotgerb.cpp

@@ -60,14 +60,20 @@ bool WinEDA_BasePcbFrame::Genere_GERBER( const wxString& FullFileName, int Layer
     plotter->set_creator( wxT( "PCBNEW-RS274X" ) );
     plotter->set_filename( FullFileName );
 
-    plotter->start_plot( output_file );
+    if( plotter->start_plot( output_file ) )
+    {
+        // Sheet refs on gerber CAN be useful... and they're always 1:1
+        if( g_pcb_plot_options.Plot_Frame_Ref )
+            PlotWorkSheet( plotter, GetScreen() );
+        Plot_Layer( plotter, Layer, trace_mode );
 
-    // Sheet refs on gerber CAN be useful... and they're always 1:1
-    if( g_pcb_plot_options.Plot_Frame_Ref )
-        PlotWorkSheet( plotter, GetScreen() );
-    Plot_Layer( plotter, Layer, trace_mode );
+        plotter->end_plot();
+    }
 
-    plotter->end_plot();
+    else    // error in start_plot( ): failed opening a temporary file
+    {
+        wxMessageBox( _("Error when creating %s file: unable to create a temporary file"));
+    }
     delete plotter;
     SetLocaleTo_Default();
 

version.txt

 release version:
-2010 mar 30 (SVN 2479)
+2010 apr 01
 files (.zip,.tgz):
-kicad-2010-03-30-final
+kicad-2010-04-01-final