shortcut to bring ADE with current schematic to front

I added some error checking in it to stop it complaining if the schematic is not associated with an ADE window. Use this expression on a schematic bind key:

let((sess win) when((sess=sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow())) && (win=sevWindow(sess)) hiRaiseWindow(win)))

Andrew.

Hi, how would you run it?

For example add:

hiSetBindKey("Schematics" "<Key>F2" "let((sess win) when((sess=sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow())) && (win=sevWindow(sess)) hiRaiseWindow(win)))")

in your .cdsinit . Then in the schematic you'd just hit the F2 key.

Andrew.

Thanks. That would be great but if there are many schematic then you have to assign one shortcut key for each one? Like 5 schematics so 5 hotkeys? 
I am trying to find .cdsinit now. 
I tried to find .cdsinit and there are a lot of them. Not sure which one should be modified. 
Also because this is from server, I don't have right to edit it. Is there another way to add this command for a single user only?

The bind key definition will apply for all schematic windows - it doesn't need to be defined per window. The F2 bind key would then work in all schematic windows. You could put the definition into a file and then simply type:

load("yourBindkeyFile.il")

to load it once per session (the .il suffix isn't necessary - that's just convention).

I'm not sure how your environment is set up, but the Cadence default behaviour is to look first for a .cdsinit in the software installation (in tools/dfII/local), then in the working directory, and then in the home directory. You may have customisation that looks for files elsewhere - but I'd start by trying to create a .cdsinit in your working directory and seeing if that gets picked up. If it doesn't, you should talk to whoever is responsible for your CAD setup.

Regards,

Andrew.

Thanks! 
I tried to create cdsinit with the content like this. 

hiSetBindKey("Schematics" "<Key>F2" "let((sess win) when((sess=sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow())) && (win=sevWindow(sess)) hiRaiseWindow(win)))")

I saved it as mybindkey.cdsinit and then load it with the command load("home/myusername/mybindkey.cdsinit") but I got the error below:

*Error* load: can't access file - "home/myusername/mybindkey.cdsinit"

Is that because I did something wrong here? 

I expect the path was supposed to have a "/" at the beginning:

load("/home/myusername/mybindkey.cdsinit")

Regards,

Andrew

Well, it works! Thanks, this will save me a lot of time looking for the right ADE. 

Hi,
I don't know why but it works unreliably, sometimes it works sometimes not.
If I switch from one schematic to the other schematic and then press F2 then it works for like 60% of the times. 
But if I stay in the same schematic, and press F2, it never works. 
Also if I minimize ADE then press F2, it also doesn't work. 
Is this how it operates or just because something wrong? 

Hi,
I don't know why but it works unreliably, sometimes it works sometimes not.
If I switch from one schematic to the other schematic and then press F2 then it works for like 60% of the times. 
But if I stay in the same schematic, and press F2, it never works. 
Also if I minimize ADE then press F2, it also doesn't work. 
Is this how it operates or just because something wrong? 

Is it ADE L you're using? Or some other flavour of ADE? Which IC version are you using (Help->About in the CIW will tell you)

This improved version will cope with the window being minimised:

hiSetBindKey("Schematics" "<Key>F2" "let((sess win) when((sess=sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow())) && (win=sevWindow(sess)) hiDeiconifyWindow(win) hiRaiseWindow(win)))")

If you have a window where it doesn't work, what do you get when typing:

sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow())

in the CIW? If that gives something other than nil, what does:

sevWindow(sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow()))

return? Is it the same as the window number in the bottom left corner of the ADE window?

Andrew

Yes, it is ADE L. Version IC6.16-64b.101. 

If you have a window where it doesn't work, what do you get when typing:

sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow())

Return: sevSession2

If that gives something other than nil, what does:

sevWindow(sevSession(hiGetCurrentWindow()))

Return: window:76

Is it the same as the window number in the bottom left corner of the ADE window?

I think it is almost the same. The number in the ADE window is 35(76). 

I'll try the improved version now. 

Yes, that's the same. The number on the right is the window number, the number on the left is the session window (not so important). You might need to have clicked in the window first before hitting the bind key - depending on your window manager settings.

Andrew.

I've just tried the improved version and it works 100% of the case. Seem perfect. I'll have to test more. 

I clicked a lot but it didn't work I think it is something related to minimized ADE. The improved version works well. 

Not really related to the problem but is there any improvement on the placement of Run Simulation and Stop Simulation on the tool manager menu. The problem is that they are placed closely so it is easy to mis-press them.

You can alter this yourself. Go to Window->Toolsbars->Customize in the schematic window (it should show "analogArtist-Schematic" in the Application choice at the top, and then scroll down to the "ADE L Setup and Run" toolbar section. If you then click on the Run Simulation icon line and drag it to the top of that section (over the "Choose Analysis" say), you'd then end up with a gap between them. You could also add a separator between them (with the green plus button at the bottom) but that doesn't add that much spacing. Hit OK or Apply and it saves the customisation into your home .cadence directory (if you hit the Reset... button on the form and then click on the "toolbar directory" hyperlink it shows you what has been customised and where it is saved).

Regards,

Andrew.

Thanks. I dragged it to the top and then apply, OK but the Run and Stop Simulation button are still placed closely with each other. 
I guess that it may apply that setting when I restart the software. I can't restart now so I'll check if it works when I can restart it.
Also I don't see the Reset button anywhere in the form. 

You don't need to restart Virtuoso, but the toolbars are only changed in new windows. So you could close the schematic window and then do Session->Design Window from the ADE window to bring up a new one - this should honour the new toolbar customisation.

You didn't say which IC version you're using (the Forum Guidelines suggest you provide this information), but I'm guessing it must be quite old - I think the Reset button was added in an early IC616 hotfix version (Help->About in the CIW gives the version number)

Andrew.

Yea, it works now! 
This is IC6.16-64b.101. 
So many helpful tools that I have never heard of.