possible to automatically create new tab with schHiDescend()?

I am using IC614 and the first option doesn't work but the second one does.  I am not sure why the first one doesn't work, because when I type the command into the CIW it returns 't', but then when I try to descend into an instance, the descend window still pops up and prompts me to choose between "new tab", "current tab", and "new window".

Thanks, that explains it.

I have a related question: how can I bypass the Descend Form for Iterated Instances?  If I am descending into an iterated instance, I would like it to automatically select instance 0 without me having to specify that in a popup box.

If there's an iterated instance, you will always get prompted. I don't see a way of preventing this right now. You should contact Customer Support and ask for an enhancement if you want this.

Regards,

Andrew.

 Hello Mr MOSFET,

Here i code few lines that gave me the name of a hierchical cellview in which I have "descend edit" It is like the

IC5 Design->Hierarchy->Show in scope || or IC6 : Edit->Hierarchy->Tree functionnality.

It does not responds to your question directly, but you could derive from that a solution to your need. 

procedure(getHierName(@optional (idWin hiGetCurrentWindow()))
let((hierInstName i)
    hierInstName=""
    when( geGetHierMemInst(idWin)
    i=0
        printf("Hierarchical Scope is :%s\n " caar(geGetHierMemInst(idWin))~>cellView~>cellName)
    printf("depth is :%d\n" length(geGetHierMemInst(idWin)))
        foreach(mapcar hierNb geGetHierMemInst(idWin)
            hierInstName=strcat(hierInstName car(hierNb)~>baseName)
            printf("%L\n" hierNb)
            printf("Level %d %L~>baseName:%L\n" i car(hierNb) list(hierInstName car(hierNb)~>baseName))
            when((cadr(hierNb)!=0) hierInstName=sprintf(nil "%s<%d>" hierInstName cadr(hierNb)))
             hierInstName=strcat( hierInstName ".")
        i++
    );end foreach
);when hierarchy
hierInstName
))

 Hope it helps

++

I thought you might be able to use dePush() to workaround this, but I can't see a documented way of telling it to open in a new tab.

Regards,

Andrew.

I was searching the Cadence online help and found this:

How to avoid pop-up window during descend edit or descend read in an iterated instance

It specifies how to avoid pop-up windows during descend edit or descend read in an iterated instance.  Here is the function call you can use to accomplish this after selecting an instance:

geSwitch(hiGetCurrentWindow() "r" car(geGetSelSet()) 0 1 1 )

That works, but it doesn't seem to work in conjunction with openining instances in new tabs.  Whenever I use the above function, it switches into the instance in the same page instead of a separate tab.  Does anyone know how to combine these two features?  Is there a way to make new tabs apply to switching into instances as well as descending into them?

I'd also looked at that (and gePush, which doesn't switch views). There's no support in those for using a new tab.

That's why I suggested an enhancement would be needed.

Andrew.