Hierarchy editor: post install trigger not working

Hi Jorge,

Hmmmh...without seeing your trigger function code I can just guess.

Do you see any errors in the CIW?

Have you implemented your trigger function in a way that it expects one argument?

Is the hierarchy window already open when the trigger is called?

Max

Hi Max! No errors appear in the CIW, and the function works fine when called explicitly (with an open hierarchy editor as the active window):

procedure( my_resizing_procedure(@optional args)
    let((WindowID)
        WindowID = hiGetCurrentWindow()
        when(member(hiGetAppType(WindowID) '("Cadence Hierarchy Editor"))
            hiResizeWindow(WindowID list(0:34 2560:1373));
            hiFlush()
        )
    )
)

Hi Jorge,

This won't work, unfortunately. The Hierarchy Editor is not a "de" (Design Editor") application. You can tell that because when the Hierarchy Editor is the current window, using deGetViewType(hiGetCurrentWindow()) returns "unknown". There's an application registered mostly to support the customisation in the schematic window when configured, but primarily that is done via a plugin nowadays.

I filed an enhancement a number of years back to support a way of customising the UI (which I guess could be used to resize the window, I've not tried). Support for this was added in IC618 and ICADVM181. It's done via the SKILL function hedRegUICustomFunc which is documented in the Virtuoso Hierarchy Editor User Guide (<ICinstDir>/doc/cdshiereditor/cdshiereditor.pdf) in Appendix B.

A simpler solution would probably be just to do:

envSetVal("hed.display" "width" 'int 1000)
envSetVal("hed.display" "height" 'int 600)
envSetVal("hed.display" "x" 'int 400)
envSetVal("hed.display" "y" 'int 100)

With whatever numbers  you want (I just picked a few to fit my screen - adjust to suit your own needs). This will work in IC617 (and probably older versions too - I didn't check).

Regards,

Andrew.

Thanks a million, Andrew! As usual, your solution works like a charm!!!

Best regards, Jorge.