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passing boolean arguments to p-cell

mtwadeCU
mtwadeCU over 10 years ago

Hi, 

I'm trying to pass boolean arguments to a p-cell I've created, but the value in the p-cell always assumes the default value. 

In my p-cell definition, I have:

pcDefinePCell(

list( ddGetObj(....) "layoutName" "layout")

(

...

( BooleanInput       nil )

)

let( () .... )) ;end pcDefinePCell

Then, I go to call the p-cell elsewhere, and pass in the BooleanInput to be true: 

dbCreateParamInst( ...

list(

...

list("BooleanInput"     "boolean"     t)

...

)

) ; end dbCreateParamInst

However, the BooleanInput is always set to the default value defined in the p-cell definition -- in this case nil. Are boolean arguments allowed? 

Thanks,

Mark

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  • skillUser
    skillUser over 10 years ago

    Hi Mark,

    The following snippet is from the documentation, I think it may help you:

    Consider specifying the data type of a boolean argument as shown in the following example:
    (is_orthogonal_boolean_arg "boolean" nil)

    This is in the formal argument list of the PCell, i.e. in the pcDefinePCell statement.

    Hopefully this helps you!

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

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  • mtwadeCU
    mtwadeCU over 10 years ago
    Thanks for the quick reply! Indeed, that fixed it!
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