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Get current command option

psill

Is there a better way of getting the current command option than from the command option gui?

Is there a celliew/window variable that has the current option and the other command options?

Example of part of the script:

 case( hiGetCurrentCmd(hiGetCurrentWindow())

              ("Stretch"
                        unless(boundp('leStretchForm) hiDisplayForm(leStretchForm))
                        if(hiIsFormDisplayed(leStretchForm) hiiToggleEnterForm(leStretchForm))
                        theForm         = leStretchForm
                        currOpt         = theForm~>keepWiresConnected~>value
                        optList         = theForm~>keepWiresConnected~>items
                        unless(dirBool optList = reverse(optList))
                        optAssoc        = buildOptList(optList)
                        nOpt            = cadr(assoc(currOpt optAssoc))
                        theForm~>keepWiresConnected~>value = nOpt
                        printf("Set option %s\n" nOpt)
                        hiChangeBannerLabel(win sprintf(nil "%s\n" nOpt) 0)
                )

 

  • I don't really know what you mean by the "current option and the other command options". What are you actually trying to do?

    Andrew.

  •  In the command Stretch, when you bring up the command option,  hiToggleEnterForm(), for the type of stretch you want the tool to perform; All wires and vias,  Spine wires only,  No wires and vias.

    Is there an environment variable that has the command options list. I did not see a variable that has the information of the command option from  hiGetCurrentWindow()~>? or geGetWindowCellView()~>?

    It is not big a deal to get the information from the command option gui, but I thought it would be better code to get the information from an environment variable.

    psill

  • There's no such thing as a general list of options for each command. Each command will have encoded necessary options onto the options form, but how that has been done is specific to each command.

    Andrew

  • Hi Andrew, Is there a way to save all settings on the "stretch option" form? User do not want to re-set the settings every time launch Cadence. Thanks, Bonnie

  • Hi Bonnie,

    there are settings in the .cdsenv for Chain Mode, Via Mode and Keep Wires Connected:

    layout viaMode cyclic "Single"
    layout chainMode cyclic "selected"
    layout keepWiresConnected cyclic "spine"
    layout keepGuardRingEndsConnected boolean nil

    And so on - is this what you are looking for?  If so you can look through the following file to try to find any others that you are interested in:

    `cds_root virtuoso`/tools/dfII/etc/tools/layout/.cdsenv

    Hopefully this will help you.

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

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