Open config view schematic through skill

The trick is the configL slot in the fileSpec argument to deOpen. For example:

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procedure(abOpenConfiguredSchematic(confLib confCell confView mode)
  let((hdb libName cellName viewName fileSpec)
    ;--------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; Find the top view from the config
    ;--------------------------------------------------------------------
    hdb=hdbOpen(confLib confCell confView mode)
    libName=hdbGetTopLibName(hdb)
    cellName=hdbGetTopCellName(hdb)
    viewName=hdbGetTopViewName(hdb)
    hdbClose(hdb)
    ;--------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; Build the filespec for deOpen
    ;--------------------------------------------------------------------
    fileSpec=list(nil)
    fileSpec->libName=libName
    fileSpec->cellName=cellName
    fileSpec->viewName=viewName
    fileSpec->accessMode=mode
    fileSpec->configL=list(confLib confCell confView mode)
    deOpen(fileSpec)
  )
)

You'd call this function with the name of the config view, and it will open the top level schematic using that config.

Best Regards,

Andrew.

 Excellent. I thought I had tried using the configL in the fileSpec before, but I must have done something wrong.

I had just found another 'kludgy' way to get a similar results, before checking the website:

w_window = hiOpenWindow()
geOpen(?window w_window ?lib t_lib ?cell t_cell ?view "schematic" ?viewType "schematic")
   when( hdbIsConfig(t_lib t_cell "config")            
      h_config = hdbOpen(t_lib t_cell "config" "r")                      
      deSetConfigId(w_window h_config) ; set window's config
   ); when       

But your method is more what I was looking for.

Thanks!

Andrew,

You would like to put this SKILL code in a solution if not already..

Rajesh