Skill to turn off ruler selection in Cadence 6.1 layout

 I'm not sure about this but I think you need to use the skill command leSetObjectSelectable.

Try this:

leSetObjectSelectable("ruler" nil )

 TeeBro, thank you!  That worked great for rulers.

 It worked for markers and boundaries as well, such as:

 leSetObjectSelectable("Markers" nil)

leSetObjectSelectable("Boundaries" nil)

So my follow-up question:

 How do I get it to work for specific markers and boundaries?  I want makers and rulers off and boundaries on.  Here's my current, non-working code:

leSetObjectSelectable("Boundaries" t)
leSetObjectSelectable("Boundaries,P&R Boundary" t)
leSetObjectSelectable("Boundaries,Area Boundary" t)
leSetObjectSelectable("Boundaries,Snap Boundary" t)
leSetObjectSelectable("Boundaries,Cluster Boundary" t)

leSetObjectSelectable("ruler" nil )

leSetObjectSelectable("Marker,Acknowledge Warning" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Markers,Annotation" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Markers,Critical Error" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Markers,Error" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Markers,Fatal" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Markers,Info" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Markers,Signed Off Critical Error" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Markers,Signed Off Error" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Markers,Warning" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Markers" nil)

Like I said, Markers and Boundaries, in general, work with this, but specific types do not.  Any ideas?

Thank you again and again!

Steven.

Teebro's suggestion is what you ened for disabling the ruler. Here is some code to help you get an assistant by name for a particular session window:

 procedure(myGetSessionAssistantByName(assistantName @optional (swin hiGetSessionWindow(hiGetCurrentWindow())))
  let((theAsst docks rex)
    docks = setof(dwin hiGetWindowList('dockable) hiGetSessionWindow(dwin) == swin)
    case(assistantName
        ("Search"              rex = "seeAssistant")
        ("Property Editor"     rex = "oiAssistant")
        ("Navigator"           rex = "treeAssistant")
        ("Annotation Browser"  rex = "annotationBrowser")
        ("World View"          rex = "hiWorldView")
        ("Dynamic Selection"   rex = "gDSA")
        ("Layers"              rex = "pteLayerPalette")
        ("Guides"              rex = "pteGuidePalette")
        ("Objects"             rex = "pteObjectsPalette")
        (t rex = nil)
    )
    when(rex
        theAsst = car(setof(dwin docks eqv(0 strncmp(sprintf(nil "%L" dwin->hiHandle) rex strlen(rex)))))
    )
    theAsst
  ) ;let
) ;proc

guideAsst=myGetSessionAssistantByName("Guides")
_pteHiGuideSetSelectability(guideAsst "Rulers" t)

You can also toggle the visibility of the assistant like this:
asst = myGetSessionAssistantByName("Navigator")
hiMapWindow(asst)
hiUnmapWindow(asst)

Derek

I'm not sure why you thought you could comma separate the words - it doesn't say this in the manual, as far as I know. If you just use:

leSetObjectVisible("Annotation" t)
leSetObjectSelectable("Annotation" t)

it will turn on the visibility of such markers,and ensure they are selectable. You can use the text of the marker type in the guides assistant to control this.

For the Boundary types, these are covered clearly in the documentation - search for leSetObjectSelectable. You can use the arguments "P&R", "Snap", "Cluster", "Area" to control those boundaries:

leSetObjectSelectable("Snap" t)

Andrew.

 Thank you, dmay.

 That's terrific.  I think that will be very useful if I have to do anything in a specific window.

 Ultimately, what I would like to see happen is for my .cdsinit file to load my skill code at the start of Cadence, and this would set my rules, markers, and boundaries before I ever open a layout.  So far, the command 

load("/home/xxxxx/scripts/cadence/setup_65nm.il")

in my  .cdsinit file isn't loading automatically, but it does load if I enter that into the icfb window.  I guess that's another follow-up question.  How do I auto-load this thing?

 Thanks.

Steven.

 Andrew, great, I'll try that.

 FYI, I used the commas because I saw them in the CDS.log file when I manually turned these on and off:

 \a _pteHiGuideSetSelectability(dwindow('pteGuidePalette1) "Markers,Acknowledge Warning" nil)
\r t
\a _pteHiGuideSetSelectability(dwindow('pteGuidePalette1) "Markers,Annotation" nil)
\r t
\a _pteHiGuideSetSelectability(dwindow('pteGuidePalette1) "Markers,Critical Error" nil)
\r t
\a _pteHiGuideSetSelectability(dwindow('pteGuidePalette1) "Markers,Error" nil)
\r t
\a _pteHiGuideSetSelectability(dwindow('pteGuidePalette1) "Markers,Fatal" nil)
\r t
\a _pteHiGuideSetSelectability(dwindow('pteGuidePalette1) "Markers,Info" nil)
\r t
\a _pteHiGuideSetSelectability(dwindow('pteGuidePalette1) "Markers,Signed Off Critical Error" nil)
\r t
\a _pteHiGuideSetSelectability(dwindow('pteGuidePalette1) "Markers,Signed Off Error" nil)
\r t
\a _pteHiGuideSetSelectability(dwindow('pteGuidePalette1) "Markers,Warning" nil)
\r t

Thanks again.  I'll try your suggestions and post the results.

 Steven.

Steven,

OK, I understand the confusion. However, just because the UI does one thing, doesn't mean that the non-UI API works the same way - so it's worth reading the manual. Anyway, hopefully this will work cleanly for you!

Cheers,

Andrew

 Andrew, thanks again.

 That code works perfectly when I run my script from the icfb window.  Now all I have to do is get it to auto-load from my .cdsinit.

 By the way, this is what the script currently looks like:

 ; ****load this in icfb window
;load "setup_65nm.il"


leSetObjectSelectable("Boundaries" t)
leSetObjectSelectable("P&R" t)
leSetObjectSelectable("Area" t)
leSetObjectSelectable("Snap" t)
leSetObjectSelectable("Cluster" t)

leSetObjectSelectable("ruler" nil )

leSetObjectSelectable("Acknowledge Warning" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Annotation" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Critical Error" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Error" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Fatal" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Info" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Signed Off Critical Error" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Signed Off Error" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Warning" nil)
leSetObjectSelectable("Markers" nil)

My .cdsinit file has this line calling the code, and at this point, it still doesn't load:

 load("/home/xxxx/scripts/cadence/setup_65nm.il")

 This appears to be my last obstacle.  Thank you for your help!  Hey, where can I get one of those SKILL manuals?

 Thanks again.

Stephen,

Loading this from the .cdsinit won't work as is, because it only affects an existing palette. You could use something like this which fires any time you open a layout window (that might be annoying, because it will keep resetting it - so you might need to set flags to only do it once, maybe):

 procedure(MyPostInstallTrigger(args)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Boundaries" t)
    leSetObjectSelectable("P&R" t)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Area" t)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Snap" t)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Cluster" t)

    leSetObjectSelectable("ruler" nil )

    leSetObjectSelectable("Acknowledge Warning" nil)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Annotation" nil)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Critical Error" nil)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Error" nil)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Fatal" nil)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Info" nil)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Signed Off Critical Error" nil)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Signed Off Error" nil)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Warning" nil)
    leSetObjectSelectable("Markers" nil)
)

deRegUserTriggers("maskLayout" nil nil 'MyPostInstallTrigger)
deRegUserTriggers("maskLayoutXL" nil nil 'MyPostInstallTrigger)

Andrew

Oh, and for the SKILL manual - just type "cdnshelp" from the UNIX command line or use the Help menus inside Virtuoso! It's searchable...

Andrew.