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Exporting ADE-L Variables

netbug

Dear all,

I have an ADE-L session which has some variables defined and I would like to export them so they could be used in a script (tcl script). Is there a simple way of  doing it ?

Best regards,

José

PS: Not sure if this is the right forum to ask this....

  • Andrew Beckett

    José,

    The design variables for the current session can be found using:

    asiGetDesignVarList(asiGetCurrentSession())

    With that you could write something to export them to wherever you want.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • netbug
    Hi Andrew,
    Thanks for your answer.
    So, without writing a skill script, how can I export the variable in Cadence so it can be used by a TCL script ?

    My application:
    I have an ADE-L session which calls a tcl script and opens SimVision. That script will run a piece of code everytime SimVision starts. As this may not be what all the users want, I would like to have a variable built in to ADE-L which could allow the script being run automatically or not.

    Many thanks.

    Best regards,
    José
  • Andrew Beckett

    Unknown said:
    So, without writing a skill script, how can I export the variable in Cadence so it can be used by a TCL script ?

    You can't. Not sure why you would expect to be able to export an ADE variable to a Tcl script - this seems very specific to your particular needs - and precisely the kind of thing that SKILL is there for!

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • netbug
    Hi Andrew,
    I've solved it, but maybe in a way that is not the most correct.
    From the cds_globals, using the describe command, I could get the value for the ADE-L variable, an then use it.

    set aVar [describe cds_globals.AUTORUN]
    set aList [split $aVar "="]
    set ade_l_var [lindex $aList 1]

    if {$ade_l_var==1} {
    # If AUTORUN was set to 1 run tcl script
    source myFile.tcl
    mainFunction

    } else {
    # If any other character other than 1 do nothing
    }

    Best regards,
    Pedro
  • Andrew Beckett

    Hi Pedro,

    OK, you didn't mention that you were using AMS Designer as the simulator. That's rather important information!

    You could do it even more simply - use:

    value cds_globals.AUTORUN

    No need to parse the output of the describe command then; the value command directly returns the value of the variable AUTORUN within the cds_globals module.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • netbug
    Hi Andrew,
    Thanks you for your help.
    Yes, I didn't mention the simulator ... sorry
    Best regards,
    Pedro

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