Getting schematic instances from multiple open schematics

On 2nd thoughts the more accurate description is a routine to add every instance that a user selects to a list (across multiple schematics) as he/she is selecting it. I need the instName, cellName & libName (s) to use in another routine.

Shaju

There are at least two solutions:

1. Since geGetSelSet() only handles one window at a time, temporarily rebind the left mouse button to run a custom procedure that selects and then records the selection in a list.

2. Let the user select everything they want, then iterate through every open window using hiGetWindowList(), calling geGetSelSet() on each, concatenating the results. 

Thanks. Both are excellent suggestions. But I'm doing this to select instances for an ADE-XL session. So I found an easier way to do this & tired using "asiSelectInst" with this code: 

    ;get a unique form handle 

    win  = sprintf( nil "%s" hiGetCurrentWindow() )

    form = concat( 'iphdcopTabForm substring(win 8 strlen(win)) )

    ;top level form

    unless( boundp(form) 

        hiCreateAppForm(

             ?name          form 

             ?formTitle    "Inphi DC Operating Point Report" 

             ?initialSize   290:200

             ?buttonLayout  list(

                                'Empty 

                                 list( 'Create\ Report 'IPHdcopTabCB )

                                 list( 'Close 'hiFormClose )

                            )

             ?fields        list( 

                                hiCreateStringField(

                                        ?name           'cell

                                        ?prompt         "Test Bench"

                                        ?defValue       axlGetSessionCellName( ses )

                                        ?editable       nil

                                ) 

                                hiCreateCyclicField(

                                        ?name           'test

                                        ?prompt         "Select Test" 

                                        ?choices        cadr( axlGetTests(axldb) )

                                )

                                hiCreateRadioField(

                                        ?name           'mode

                                        ?prompt         "Sort by"

                                        ?choices        list("Corner" "Instance")

                                        ?defValue       "Corner"

                                )

                                hiCreateButton(

                                        ?name           'select

                                        ?buttonText     "Select Instance"

                                        ?callback       "asiSelectInst('inst ?form form)"

                                )

                                hiCreateStringField(

                                        ?name           'inst

                                        ?prompt         "Instances"

                                )

                            )

        )

    )

    form->asiSession = asiGetCurrentSession()

    hiDisplayForm(form)

 But I get this warning when I hit the select button & no instances are selected.

 *Warning* No window and/or doneProc argument passed to

          "astiSelectInst", selection not started

Any ideas? 

Thanks,

Shaju 

A couple of things. First the callback should be:

                                         ?callback       "asiSelectInst('inst ?form symeval(form))"

and in fact it might make sense to avoid it needing the "form" global variable, so using:

                                         ?callback       sprintf(nil "asiSelectInst('inst ?form symeval('%s))" form)

might be better still.

Secondly it requires the design to be open in a tab. It doesn't do that automatically. I can't see a way of ensuring that happens without using private APIs (and I don't really have time now to debug this fully as I'm travelling at the moment). So I suggest you contact customer support for this.

Thirdly, your form stores asiSession on the form symbol - you might want to use:

symeval(form)->asiSession=sevEnvironment(asiGetToolSession(ses testName)) 

and have this updated based on your cyclic field (as a callback) so that it reflect the "right" session for the test. 

Not fully debugged, as I said, but I did a little experimentation.

Regards,

Andrew.

 Shaju,

Apologies - that was a typo. It should have been axlGetToolSession.

Andrew.

New code. Same problem. Any help/advice appreciated.

 ; Create Menus

procedure( IPHdcopTabForm()

    prog(( ses axldb hist win form sym )

    ;get db & history for this session

    ses   = axlGetWindowSession()

    axldb = axlGetMainSetupDB( ses )

    hist  = axlGetCurrentHistory( ses )

    ;check for an open ade-xl session

    unless( ses

        message( sprintf(nil "No active ADE-XL session\n") "ERROR" )

        return(nil)

    )

    ;make sure that an active setup is loaded

    if( hist == 0 then

        message( sprintf(nil "No active setup loaded in current ADE-XL session\n") "ERROR" )

        return(nil)

    )

    ;get a unique form handle

    win  = sprintf( nil "%s" hiGetCurrentWindow() )

    form = concat( 'iphdcopTabForm substring(win 8 strlen(win)) )

    ;top level form

    unless( boundp(form)

        hiCreateAppForm(

             ?name          form

             ?formTitle    "Inphi DC Operating Point Report"

             ?initialSize   290:200

             ?buttonLayout  list(

                                'Empty

                                 list( 'Create\ Report 'IPHdcopTabCB )

                                 list( 'Select\ Instances "asiSelectInst('inst)" )

                                 list( 'Close 'hiFormClose )

                            )

             ?fields        list(

                                hiCreateStringField(

                                        ?name           'cell

                                        ?prompt         "Test Bench"

                                        ?defValue       axlGetSessionCellName( ses )

                                        ?editable       nil

                                )

                                hiCreateCyclicField(

                                        ?name           'test

                                        ?prompt         "Select Test"

                                        ?choices        cadr( axlGetTests(axldb) )

                                        ?callback       sprintf( nil "IPHdcopTestCB(symeval('%s))" form )

                                )

                                hiCreateRadioField(

                                        ?name           'mode

                                        ?prompt         "Sort by"

                                        ?choices        list("Corner" "Instance")

                                        ?defValue       "Corner"

                                )

                                hiCreateStringField(

                                        ?name           'inst

                                        ?prompt         "Instances"

                                        ?defValue       "*"

                                )

                            )

        )

    )

    sym  = symeval( form )

    sym->asiSession = sevEnvironment( axlGetToolSession(ses sym->test->value) )

    hiDisplayForm(form)

    return(t)

))

; Callback for 'test' field

procedure( IPHdcopTestCB(iphdcopTabForm)

    prog(( ses test )

    ses    = axlGetWindowSession()

    test   = iphdcopTabForm->test->value

    printf( "DEBUG> %s\n", test )

    iphdcopTabForm->asiSession = sevEnvironment( axlGetToolSession(ses test) )

))

Yes, but it requires the test design to have been opened in a tab first, because it doesn't tie up the design with the ADE session id otherwise.

Regards,

Andrew.