How to use the dbReplaceProp()?

g_object would be the database Id of the instance. So for example, if it were selected, it would
be car(geGetSelSet()) .

t_name is the name of the property - hard to know what the property is actually called, because the chances are it is a CDF property. You can find the current properties on the instance by doing:

car(geGetSelSet())~>prop~>name

If you'd used ddGetObj("library" "cell" "schematic") as the value of the g_object argument, you'd have ended up setting a cellview meta-data property (the properties that show up when you do Edit Properties from the library manager, with the cellView selected (right mouse button over the view name).

Regards,

Andrew.

Thanks!!
I have a new question:
Is there any way to get the schematic property dbId without openint the window?

jren

jren,

Of course. You can access a cellView by using:

cv=dbOpenCellViewByType("mylib" "mycell" "myView" "" "a")

(the "a" stands for append mode - ifyou omit the last couple of arguments, it will open in read mode). See the documentation for more details.

Then you can access all the instances using:

cv~>instances

Or you can find a named instance by name by using:

inst=dbFindAnyInstByName(cv "I23")

It sounds as if you could really benefit from attending a SKILL class. You can find details of these on the main Cadence web site - there is an "Education" link onthe front page.

Regards,

Andrew.

Andrew
Thanks a lot! Actually, I started learning the SKILL and Cadence just a month ago, but now i have task from advisor about XL and the database thing, so there are many things I am confused with. Thanks again.

jren