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write a dynamic skill Gui

mlea

Hi,

I was wondering if its possible ( and if it is then how exactly) can I write a gui in skill,

that its fields ( stringFeild) are not pre defined as  we normally do, but depends on (say) the number of  times the user click 

on device on schematic. each string field shoud( in this case) contain the instance name of the device that the user clicked on,and a new

stringfield should automaticlly  appear  right below the current stringField to contain the next instance name ( from the next click).

as far as I  familier with Guis in skill ( appForm), the HI structure must be pre-defined, but for example, in case of Pcell

the form can get change upon the user inputs.

thx

meny

  • Quek

    Hi meny

    I think it is possible. You can try to define a procedure for left-mouse button single-click. In addition to doing the usual object selection, this procedure should also get the formID and update the string fields, etc as described in your post. We will most probably need a global variable to keep track of the number of times the user has clicked.

    Best regards
    Quek

  • mlea

    Ok. so no need for special skill commands, or special appForm?

    just a method for left click-  which is a good idea I guess.

     

    thx

     

    meny 

  • Quek

    Hi meny

    I don't think that any special SKILL cmd or method is needed. Please feel free to update us if the method does not work.

    Best regards
    Quek

  • psill000

    I think I did something similar to what you want

    Here a small sample of the script I  used. I will try to get a better sample that works rather than a part of a script, but you can get an idea of what needs to be done to add and delete fields from a gui.

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    procedure(AddCrit()
    let(    (tmp i
            (theForm FormDb())
            )
    i = length(setof( tmp theForm~>fieldList rexMatchp("xcrit" tmp)))
            if(theForm~>xchng~>value then
                            tmp = (i+3)*30
            else    tmp = i*30)
            hiAddFields(theForm list(
                    list(hiCreateCyclicField(
                            ?name concat("xcrit" i)
                            ?prompt " "
                            ?callback "AddLayerMenu()"
                            ?choices list("text" "layer")) 0:180+ tmp  30:30 10)
                    list(hiCreateCyclicField(
                            ?name concat("xoper" i)
                            ?prompt " "
                            ?choices list("==" "!=")) 60:180+ tmp  30:30 10)
                    list(hiCreateStringField(
                            ?name concat("xlabe" i)
                            ?editable t) 120:180+tmp 180:30 20)))
    ); end of let
    ); end of procedure

    procedure(DelCrit()
    let(    (i
            (theForm FormDb()))
    i = length(setof(tmp theForm~>fieldList rexMatchp("xcrit" tmp)))-1
    if(plusp(i)
            if(member('hiLayerField theForm~>fieldList) &&
            !member(concat("xlabe" i) theForm~>fieldList) then
                    hiDeleteFields(theForm list(concat("xcrit" i) concat("xoper" i) 'hiLayerField))
    else    hiDeleteFields(theForm list(concat("xcrit" i) concat("xoper" i) concat("xlabe" i)))))
    ); end of let
    ); end of procedure
     

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