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*Error* defstruct and *Error* putprop:

15158
15158 over 9 years ago

please guide me with less complexity and more details since i am rookie with unix and cadence products and i want to give betters feedback to you to solve my problems. thank you very much.

when i open a new cell view in my library that a  technology has been attached to it, in log windows the error

Error* defstruct: master/instance mismatch - hiMenuItem
*WARNING* (DEBASE-102079): A Skill error occurred in function trFDKPostInstallTrigger

appears. in addition when i open ADE L to a perform a analysis, in log window i see 

*Error* putprop: first arg must be either symbol, list, defstruct or user type - nil

however i can run a tran or dc analysis and plot a result. also toolbar in Schematic Editor L Editing disappears.

Sincerely yours

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 9 years ago

    I suspect this needs seeing the actual code - the custom trFDKPostInstallTrigger, for example. You might get more information if you use:

    _stacktrace=50
    sstatus(errsetTrace t)

    which will give more stack trace information when the errors occur.

    Regards,

    Andrew

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  • 15158
    15158 over 9 years ago

    Thank you very much Andrew. in CIW i type above commands and this result returned from it. 

    Loading schematic.cxt

    Loading lo.cxt

    Loading le.cxt

    Loading leToolbox.cxt

    Loading hsm.cxt

    Loading lx.cxt

    Loading lce.cxt

    *Error* defstruct: master/instance mismatch - hiMenuItem

    *WARNING* (DEBASE-102079): A Skill error occurred in function trFDKPostInstallTrigger

    _stacktrace=50

    50

    sstatus(errsetTrace t)

    t

    *Error* arrayref: can't handle nil[db:0x1412d712]

    <<< Stack Trace >>>

    (... in _schClearHLSet ...)

    (... in _schHighlightTriggerFn ...)

    (... in unknown ...)

    funobj@0x14860b88()

    (... in _dhlCallFn ...)

    (... in _dhlConfigureHighlighting ...)

    (... in _schDynamicNetHighlightUpdateWindows ...)

    (... in schPostInstallTrigger ...)

    (... in _deApplyTrigger ...)

    (... in unknown ...)

    funobj@0x145743d8()

    (... in _dePullTrigger ...)

    (... in _deCallPostInstallTrigger ...)

    (... in _dePostOpenProcess ...)

    (... in _deOpen ...)

    (... in deOpen ...)

    (... in ddsServOpen ...)

    ddsServOpen("test" "inveter" "schematic" "edit" nil)

    (... in ddsEditCB ...)

    ddsEditCB("test" "inveter" "schematic")

    *Error* defstruct: master/instance mismatch - hiMenuItem

    <<< Stack Trace >>>

    (... in hiInsertBannerMenu ...)

    (... in trFDKPostInstallTrigger ...)

    (... in _deApplyTrigger ...)

    (... in unknown ...)

    funobj@0x145743d8()

    (... in _dePullTrigger ...)

    (... in _deCallUserPostInstallTrigger ...)

    (... in _dePostOpenProcess ...)

    (... in _deOpen ...)

    (... in deOpen ...)

    (... in ddsServOpen ...)

    ddsServOpen("test" "inveter" "schematic" "edit" nil)

    (... in ddsEditCB ...)

    ddsEditCB("test" "inveter" "schematic")

    *WARNING* (DEBASE-102079): A Skill error occurred in function trFDKPostInstallTrigger

    Loading simui.cxt

    Loading cdf.cxt

    Loading awv.cxt

    *Error* putprop: first arg must be either symbol, list, defstruct or user type - nil

    <<< Stack Trace >>>

    (... in hiReplaceAllBannerMenus ...)

    (... in __deInstallNewAppInWindow ...)

    (... in deInstallApp ...)

    deInstallApp(hiGetCurrentWindow() "analogArtist-Schematic")

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 9 years ago

    That doesn't tell me that much more than the problem is in the call to hiInsertBannerMenu inside trFDKPostInstallTrigger. You need to find whoever wrote that and get them to fix it! It suggests that the wrong kind of object is being added as a banner menu - but I'd need to see the code to be sure.

    The prefix is a bit odd on that function. I suspect somebody has been on our SKILL training course, where they used "tr" for training - and somebody has hacked an example into something that doesn't quite work properly...

    Regards,

    Andrew

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  • 15158
    15158 over 9 years ago

    thanks again Andrew

    excuse me but how i can get the actual code - the custom trFDKPostInstallTrigger? i search it for several hours but it is complicated at least for me :)

    please refer me to a reference to get this codes and then i can post it here. 

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 9 years ago

    You might (if  you have the SKILL Development license) be able to just do:

    pp(trFDKPostInstallTrigger)

    (if it's not been encrypted or protected in some way). However, you should not post it here unless you know it's your IP to share - otherwise you may be sharing something owned by the PDK provider who doesn't want it shared or you're not allowed to share it under your NDA/license agreement with them.

    Or contact customer support and an Application Engineer can look  into this with you rather than doing it in a public forum.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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