command to get list of library's from tech file

Venu,

I have no idea what you're asking here, because there aren't libraries in the tech file. Are you maybe trying to find libraries that contain technology databases (i.e. those which can act as technology libraries?). It's not clear what you really want - perhaps you can explain why you need this, and then it will be more apparent.

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew,

 Simply i dont want to type in CIW  "cv = dbOpenCellViewByType("venu" "mic2850_dig"     "layout" nil "a")" for evry cell before i execute some functions. By doing this sript i can select which library, cell, cellview, viewtype,mode etc. How can i get this. 

Thank you,

venu

The command you are looking for is :

ddGetLibList(). For instance, to get all the names of all the library in the Library browser, just type :

ddGetLibList()~>name

Il you want one specific Library, type :

ddLib=setof(lib ddGetLibList() lib~>name==newLib) ;==>  gives you a list with the dataBase object'(dd:0x...)

You can the make a loop on all cells in the lib:

foreach(mapcar cell car(ddLib~>cells) ...)

Here is a example code that looks into a library and change all master of a cell into the selected  library if the cell is existing in the library but in not mapped to it. (A bit like the option 'Update Instances' in the copyForm)

  ; ______________________________________________________________________________ defun( updateCellviews (@optional (newLib geGetWindowCellView()~>libName)) let((ddLib cellName updateLib newMast) ; car(setof( inst geGetWindowCellView()~>instances inst~>libName==oldLib))~>master~>?? ddLib=setof(lib ddGetLibList() lib~>name==newLib) ; ddLib~>cells~>name foreach(mapcar cell car(ddLib~>cells) ;___ oop on every cells in the targetted library _______________________________ ; cv=geGetWindowCellView() cellName=cell~>name ;___ use member before dbOpenCellViewByType to prevent warnings ________________ when(member("schematic" dbAllCellViews(car(ddLib) cellName)) cv=dbOpenCellViewByType( newLib cellName "schematic" "schematic"); oppen in append mode (editable) updateLib=setof( inst cv~>instances  inst~>libName!=newLib) foreach(mapcar inst updateLib  ;printf("Not from lib in %L %s %L\n" cv~>cellName newLib inst~>?? ) when(member("symbol" dbAllCellViews(car(ddLib) inst~>cellName)) newMast=dbOpenCellViewByType(newLib inst~>cellName "symbol")  inst~>master=newMast printf("REMASTER : %L\n" inst~>??)) ))))) 

 Hope it helps

By the way, doing a setof on ddGetLibList() is unnecessary to find the dd object for a specific library. You can just do ddGetObj("theLibName") to get the library object. So you can then do:

  foreach(cell ddGetObj("myLib")~>cells
    foreach(view cell~>views
      printf("Cell: %s View %s\n" cell~>name view~>name)
   )
)

don't really need mapcar either unless you are using the return value.

Not sure if this quite what venu was asking - his question still didn't really make sense.

Regards,

Andrew.