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hiSaveAsViewFile() trouble in Virtuoso v6

jaleco
jaleco over 12 years ago

 I have a script (www.cadence.com/.../1317148.aspx that will save the design tree file to a shell to run a shell script on, working in Virtuoso v5, but is breaking in Virtuoso v6 on the command hiSaveAsViewFile.

The Save File As form looks quite different in v6, but I cannot figure out Cadence's documentation to search for (anything..) something like this.

In v5 I use:

hiSaveAsViewfile->file->value-> = Newfilename

hiFormDone(hiSaveAsViewfileForm)

However, in v6,  I get the error message " eval: unbound variable - hiSaveAsViewfile".

Since testing with print statements is able to show me that the variable Newfilename is properly defined, and the command hiSaveAsViewfile() works in v6, I can only guess that the form itself is different in v6, and the format hiSaveAsViewfile->file->value is not the same.

2 Questions -

1. how can I test for the version of Virtuoso as an environment variable so I can handle this save function accordingly?

2. what is the v6 format for hiSaveAsViewfile->file->value??

many thanks in advance!

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  • dmay
    dmay over 12 years ago

    The form looks like it is probably a QT form and won't have the Skill hooks to it. However, you can simply save it to a file like this:

    hiSaveAsViewfile( 
    [w_windowId]
    [t_fileName]
     )

     

    hiSaveAsViewfile(hiGetCurrentWindow() "/tmp/myfile")

    hiSaveAsViewfile(window(9) "/tmp/myfile")

     

    In 6.1:  dbGetDatabaseType() -> "OpenAccess"

    In 5.1:  dbGetDatabaseType() -> "CDBA"

     

    Derek

     

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  • dmay
    dmay over 12 years ago

    The form looks like it is probably a QT form and won't have the Skill hooks to it. However, you can simply save it to a file like this:

    hiSaveAsViewfile( 
    [w_windowId]
    [t_fileName]
     )

     

    hiSaveAsViewfile(hiGetCurrentWindow() "/tmp/myfile")

    hiSaveAsViewfile(window(9) "/tmp/myfile")

     

    In 6.1:  dbGetDatabaseType() -> "OpenAccess"

    In 5.1:  dbGetDatabaseType() -> "CDBA"

     

    Derek

     

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