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How to open two layouts, copy them into a third and save

LostInRTN

I'm writing a script that will run automatically using icfb -nograph -replay script.il. I need it to open three layouts, and copy all the contents of two of the layouts into the third, then save it, close and exit.

I was originally going to use (procedure and let's omitted):
      window1 = dbOpenCellViewByType(Dir Name1 "layout" "" "w")
      window2 = dbOpenCellViewByType(Dir Name2 "layout" "" "r")
      geSelectAll()
      geCopySelSet()
      hiSetCurrentWindow(window1)
      mouseAddPt()
      dbClose(window2)
      window3 = dbOpenCellViewByType(Dir Name3 "layout" "" "r")
      geSelectAll()
      geCopySelSet()
      hiSetCurrentWindow(window1)
      mouseAddPt()  ;
      dbClose(window3)
      dbSave(window1)
      dbClose(window1)
However, dbOpenCellViewByType opens it in memory but doesn't open a window, so the geSelectAll() won't work. geOpen() just opens a design, but not a window- should I use hiOpenWindow + geOpen?

Also, the object returned by dbOpenCellViewByType doesn't match what hiSetCurrentWindow wants. And, I'm not sure how to end the geCopySelSet command- it wants a location to put the copied objects and there's no user to click the mouse.

 Thanks for any help

Tom Spargo

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  • Hi Tom,

    Yes, this is an alternative to the dbOpenCellViewByType followed by dbCreateInst , however this method would allow you to check to ensure that the cellview exists (i.e. the function does not return 'nil') beforehand.  You can achieve the same by using ddGetObj to check if a cellview exists before trying to instantiate it.

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

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  • Hi Tom,

    Yes, this is an alternative to the dbOpenCellViewByType followed by dbCreateInst , however this method would allow you to check to ensure that the cellview exists (i.e. the function does not return 'nil') beforehand.  You can achieve the same by using ddGetObj to check if a cellview exists before trying to instantiate it.

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

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