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Changing top view reference in a config view

skillprogramme

I can't find any way to change the top view of a config view corresponding to an ADEXL view. It is possible to retrieve the top view by fex

hdbGetTopCell(hdbConfig)

hdbGetTopView(hdbConfig)

hdbGetTopLib(hdbConfig) 

but there's no obvious way to set it (hdbSetTopCell fex). The hdbBind doesn't seem to provide the functionality and the example documentation in your_install_dir/tools/hdb/examples/hdbTraverse.il doesn't either. The config file is not a big thing, so it is easy to hack a solution, but it would better to do it through an API. Any help is very appreciated, I am (still) a relatively inexperienced SKILL programmer.

Max 

  • Andrew Beckett

    Max,

    This function has now been marked public (during IC615 ISR), but hasn't quite been documented yet:

    hdbSetTopCellViewName(hdbConfig "lib" "cell" "view")

    So it's fine to use this.

    Andrew.

  • skillprogramme

    Thanks a lot (again) Andrew, I guess that'll do the trick. Especially, thanks for the f ast answers, makes developing a lot easier!

    Is there some place/way I could search for these undocumented functions?

     Max

  • skillprogramme
    I can at the same time inform that hdbSave(conf_id) is not documentet, only hdbSaveAs(conf_id), although this one was not so difficult to guess.  
  • Andrew Beckett

    Looks like an oversight. I filed CCR 1027319 to get that fixed.

    Andrew.

  • skillprogramme

    Both axlGetCornerName(cornerHandle) and axlSetCornerName(cornerHandle newName) is also not documented. I must say, it is a little troublesome using the axl.* and hdb.* APIs when essential/fundamental functions are missing from the documentation and there's no examples to look at (at least not what I have found). Is there a way to view the full list of public functions for the API's, documented or not? It would help a lot. (please tell me if there's some place with fex. examples I haven't looked, or if I haven't looked well enough)

    Max 

  • Andrew Beckett

    Max,

    I agree. I have a CCR to do a thorough review of the ADE XL documentation, and also the private/public status of many of the functions. The HDB is not in quite such bad shape, but there are still a few holes.

    In general, when functions are made public, the documentation follows shortly. So there's no list of public functions separate from what is documented - the rules are that if it's public, it should be documented (there are a few allowed exceptions, usually for something that has been end-of-lifed, say, but these are rare).

    In this case, axlGetCornerName and axlSetCornerName are private. However, they break our naming rules too - it was all a matter of available resources at the right time. The best thing to do is to log a service request and ask for these to be made public and documented - it's far better for this to come directly from a named customer, and not just me ;-)

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • skillprogramme

    Request posted ;-)

    Thanks again!

    Max 

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