How to get instance mode

OK, nothing unusual about that code. Can you present some evidence (screenshots, maybe) showing both the window where the instance is contained (and on which you're running instMode) and a window for the underlying cellView (the master) is open in edit mode - and information to show that they're absolutely the same master? I cannot imagine how this is possible, knowing how things are structured in the database.

This would be much easier to handle via a webex with customer support, BTW.

Regards,

Andrew.

Hi Paul,

What exactly do you mean  when you say "you opened the instance" - do you mean you opened the master in a separate window or did you just descend the hierarchy in Edit mode?

Max

I did both. opened the cell for edit and descended into the cell for edit.

Same result instDb~>master~>mode = "r"

Will check in it again

Paul,

Can you please post the results of the following, plus screenshots of the banners of the windows you've opened (the bit where it says Virtuoso Layout Suite ... Editing: lib cell view) - don't really need to see the contents, although seeing the toolbars would be useful too.

instDb~>libName
instDb~>cellName
instDb~>viewName
instDb~>master~>mode
instDb~>cellView~>libName
instDb~>cellView~>cellName
instDb~>cellView~>viewName
instDb~>cellView~>mode

Thanks.

Andrew.

instMode(CDB())
"zzz_psillaLib"
"zzzCell"
"layout"
"a"    ( I have to have the cell open for edit in another cell window to get an "a" for the mode; otherwise I get an "r" )
"zzz_psillaLib"
"zzz_psilla"
"layout"
"r"

I am not sure if it is Cadence envirnoment or a trigger that places the cell into read mode if the top cell in read.

OK, so everything looks correct. That contradicts what you were saying earlier, where you said that even if you opened it for edit, the mode showed "r".

I assume what you thought was that if you opened in edit mode the cellVIew in which the  instance is contained that the master for each instance would also be in edit mode? That's not the case - it would be pretty annoying (especially in a design-managed environment) to have cellViews open by default in edit mode as this would cause a check out or lock them unnecessarily, as well as leading to a risk of unexpected changes being made. So regardless of whether the containing cellView is in "a" or "r" mode, the masters for the instances would be in "r" mode unless they're explicitly open in append mode.

It's easy enough to reopen them in append mode though if you know you want to make changes to them. Just do:

dbReopen(instDb~>master "a")

Regards,

Andrew.