launch leHiCreateInst() , it shows *Error* putprop: first arg must be either symbol, list, defstruct or type nil

Hi Charley

Would you please explain a little bit more on what you are trying to do and the version of Virtuoso which you are using? : )

terminal>virtuoso -W (or icfb -W)

E.g. In "let it show leCreateInstForm ...", what does "it" refer to?


Best regards
Quek

Hi Quek ,

I pre-define some field's value in leCreateInstForm

leCreateInstForm->libName->value = ""
leCreateInstForm->cellName->value = ""

.

.

But I use leCreateInstForm->libName->value , it return the value

I tried to let it display form again , It doesn't work.

I use IC 6.1

Thank you,

Charley

Hi Charley

Perhaps you can try something like:

procedure( CCSpreFillInstForm()
   let( ()
      hiRegTimer(
         "eval('leCreateInstForm)~>libName~>value=\"\"
     eval('leCreateInstForm)~>cellName~>value=\"\""
         6
      ) ;hiRegTimer
      leHiCreateInst()
   ) ;let
) ;procedure


hiSetBindKey("Layout" "F10" "CCSpreFillInstForm()")


Best regards
Quek

Hi Quek ,

Thank you for help, but it doesn't work.

I use hiDisplayForm(leCreateInstForm 100:500) , it can display ,  I press Browse , it can show library manager and fills the value

to the form , but it can't  put instance in layout window ,

It also can't Hide the form by GUI's button , But  hiFromCancel(leCreateInstForm) , it works.

It seems the leCreateInstForm is damaged or ...

Thank you,

Charley

Hi Charley

I am pretty sure leCreateForm is not damaged. : )

It seems that your objective has changed. Previously you had explained that you wanted to prefill the form with some values so I gave the sample codes using hiRegTimer. But now it seems that your objective is actually to automatically place some instances in the layout? : )  Perhaps it might be good if you can give more details on what you are trying to do.

Thanks
Quek

Hi Quek,

I just want to pre-define libName , cellName , viewName in the leCreateInstForm ,

user can place the instance . I don't know what causes this happen .

Thank you,

Charley

Hi Charley

In that case, it is strange that my example had not worked for you. I tested it using IC615-500-11 and it works fine. Perhaps you can check and let us know if you are seeing any error messages in ciw, etc.

Best regards
Quek

Hi Quek,

I launch leHiCreateInst , it shows *Error* putprop: first arg must be either symbol, list, defstruct or type nil

I load and launch your code , press F10 , it shows *Error* putprop: first arg must be either symbol, list, defstruct or type nil and ERROR

Thank you,

Charley

Charley,

Your posts are very confusing. Are you trying to set the  libName and cellName as a result of this error you're getting? Or are you getting them because you're trying to set  the libName and cellName? It's really unclear.

Note that using hiDisplayForm() with the create instance form (leCreateInstForm) makes no sense. hiDisplayForm is for nonoptions forms, whereas leCreateInstForm is an options form (note it has hide/cancel rather than OK/Apply/Cancel) - which means it must be used as the options (F3 type form) from an enter function - after all, you're digitizing the location where the instance is to be placed. So customization would need to be done using Quek's approach.

Or you can pre-seed the form by using:

leSetEnv("instLibName" "mylib")
leSetEnv("instCellName" "mycell")
leSetEnv("instViewName" "myview")
leHiCreateInst()

which is cleaner and avoids mucking about with hiRegTimer().

If your original problem is nothing to do with your attempts to customize the form, try using:

tracelength=tracelevel=_stacktrace=50

and then do the command and post what the stack trace says - it may give more clues. Is this repeatable (i.e. is this only happening in this session - in which case quitting and starting again is probably the pragmatic thing to do).

Andrew.

Andrew ,

Sorry for my unclear question. I did set the value by

leCreateInstForm->libName->value = "QQ"

leCreateInstForm->cellName->value = "QQQ"

..

After type tracelength=tracelevel=_stacktrace=50  in the CIW , It shows

*Error* putprop: first arg must be either symbol, list, defstruct or type nil

<<< Stack Trace >>>

(... in leHiCreateInst ...)

leHiCreateInst()

Thank you,

Charley