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macro queiries

Adhil

hi guys!

 

i was just perusing through the manual and i was wandering what

1.  dbCreateRailDef

2.  dbCreatePlaceArea

3.  dbCreateCompTypeSetDef

 actually do, some programming examples would help

 

thanks

Adhil 

  • Andrew Beckett

    Adhil,

    There are explanations of the functions, and some examples in the documentation. Not sure what you're after? (they're not macros, but functions, BTW). Are you looking in cdnshelp or in cdsFinder?

    Andrew.

  • Adhil

    Hi

    I'm sorry, i dont understand the distinction between a macro and a function :). I was just going through the manual, and i was a bit curious about these functions. The explanations provided by the manual didn't help me much in understanding their true value.

     Adhil. 

  • Andrew Beckett

    A macro is a type of function which runs at compile time and expands one set of code into another; a function is a normal run-time function. For more info on macros, see my solution on COS.

    I've never used any of these functions, but I would expect them to correspond to  Create->P&R Objects type menus in the layout editor.

    Andrew.

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