Method to Add table as a property to the view

You can't store data structures such as tables in a cellView property - they are constrained to int, float, string, time, and list types (there are a couple of others, but these are the main types).

However, you can effectively serialize the table to a list to store it, and vice versa to restore it.

Assuming you have a table, myTable - you can do:

dbCreateProp(cvId  "myTable" "ILList" tableToList(myTable))

or you could just use:

cvId~>myTable=tableToList(myTable)

then to convert it back to a table later, you'd do:

myTable=makeTable('mytab nil) ; default value as second argument - whatever you used when creating it
append(myTable cvId~>myTable)

If you append an assoc list onto a table, it adds them as key-value pairs.

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew

Thanks a lot for the prompt reply.I have tried this as soon as you replied and it worked perfectly well.I have been trying to add the property in such a way that in case the user goes to the view and to the properties(Shift+Q), the property should be seen as read only and user shouldnt be able to write/edit the property.In other words, it should be greyed out.I have been  searching for such a function but couldnt get a specific one.Is there a way?

Regards!
Sai Krishna

Sai,

Not sure there is. There isn't anything in the database to do this, but potentially there might be some UI capability to restrict this.

Is this schematic or layout? Which version of the IC tools are you using?

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew

I am adding properties to the extracted view as soon as it is getting created.I am adding a table after converting it into a list.The main intention here is that the list which is added as property shouldn't be edited/changed.So that is why i want it to be greyed out (or make the value of the property just  "readonly")so that user cannot tamper the list.Not only the property i am adding,but also  other properties like lastSchematicExtraction, calibre, calibreview_setup,connectivityLastUpdated,PinMap property values can be changed.The properties can also be Deleted or Modified.The Property which i am adding shouldn't be changed.

Regards!
Sai Krishna

And the version you're using is?

Andrew

Andrew Beckett said:

And the version you're using is?

Actually, don't think I need this. I had a quick look in the code for the IC616 edit properties form for layout, and I don't believe this is possible. The properties are all editable and I don't think there's a way to turn that off.

You'd need to request this as an enhancement via customer support.

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew

I'm using IC 616 ISR7.
Ohh.Is it?Thanks for your time

Regards,
Sai Krishna