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automatically run a routine when a menu item is invoked from CIW or schematic window

vtyagi

Hi,

Is it possible to use triggers to automatically run a skill function when a user invokes another skill function from a custom drop down menu.

I can do it hard way by modifying each custom function and adding the piece of code but was wandering if there is any auto trigger I can use to do this whenever someone use those functions. I looked into deRegUserTrigger but it works with 'viewType' (schematic, maskLayout etc) I want something similar for drop down menu items (which are also skill functions developed in house).

 

Thanks ! 

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  • getCallingFunction() won't help you, because it hasn't called the real menu function yet. Instead you could use this adapted version of the code:

    procedure(CCFaddMenuTriggers(@key menu (trigger ""))
  let((callback)
    foreach(menuItem hiGetMenuItems(menu)
      if(get(menu menuItem)->hiSubMenu then
        CCFaddMenuTriggers(
          ?menu get(menu menuItem)->hiSubMenu 
          ?trigger trigger
        )
      else
        callback=get(menu menuItem)->_itemCallback
        when(stringp(callback) && !blankstrp(trigger)
          hiSetMenuItemCallback(menu menuItem 
            sprintf(nil "%s(%L)" trigger callback)
          )
        )
      )
    )
    t
  )
)

    And then:

    procedure(CCFdoSomething(realCallback)
      printf("Calling %L\n" realCallback)
      errsetstring(realCallback t)
    )
    CCFaddMenuTriggers(?menu ciwToolsMenu ?trigger "CCFdoSomething")

    You're then responsible for calling the real callback (which gets passed into your trigger function) yourself.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • getCallingFunction() won't help you, because it hasn't called the real menu function yet. Instead you could use this adapted version of the code:

    procedure(CCFaddMenuTriggers(@key menu (trigger ""))
  let((callback)
    foreach(menuItem hiGetMenuItems(menu)
      if(get(menu menuItem)->hiSubMenu then
        CCFaddMenuTriggers(
          ?menu get(menu menuItem)->hiSubMenu 
          ?trigger trigger
        )
      else
        callback=get(menu menuItem)->_itemCallback
        when(stringp(callback) && !blankstrp(trigger)
          hiSetMenuItemCallback(menu menuItem 
            sprintf(nil "%s(%L)" trigger callback)
          )
        )
      )
    )
    t
  )
)

    And then:

    procedure(CCFdoSomething(realCallback)
      printf("Calling %L\n" realCallback)
      errsetstring(realCallback t)
    )
    CCFaddMenuTriggers(?menu ciwToolsMenu ?trigger "CCFdoSomething")

    You're then responsible for calling the real callback (which gets passed into your trigger function) yourself.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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