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Defining viva background color changed from IC6.1.7 to 6.1.8?

CADcasualty
CADcasualty over 5 years ago

Back when I was using IC6.1.7 I had the following in my .cdsinit to get everything on a white background as my default:

envSetVal("viva.rectGraph" "background" 'string "white")
envSetVal("viva.rectGraph" "foreground" 'string "black")

Now that I'm in IC6.1.8 that doesn't appear to work anymore, although the documentation still appears to indicate it would. Every time I run a sim and do a plot I get the usual black background. I can go into the preferences (Edit->MultiGraphProperties) and change it to be white. That preference setting does work (sort of) in that the background color for the current plot changes to white when I click on OK, but the very next time I make a plot it's on a black background again and when I look into the preferences it's still set to be white. Did something change in 6.1.8  and should I be using different commands in my .cdsinit?

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 5 years ago

    envSetVal("viva.graphFrame" "background" 'string "white")

    How can I change the background color in the ViVA waveform window ?

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    CADcasualty over 5 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    envSetVal("CADcasualty.emotion" "happiness" 'string "great")

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    CADcasualty over 5 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    envSetVal("CADcasualty.emotion" "happiness" 'string "great")

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