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SKILL command to read category files from disc

TeeBro

Hi All,

I'm writing some SKILL code to perform some statistics on cells that are in various categories.  Basically, I generate lists of cells in these categories.  Once I run the script it seems that subsequent calls to the script result in the exact same list even though I have confirmed that the category has changed.  It seems as if it's using a category list from memory and not reading it directly from the disc. If I quit ICFB and restart I get the current category contents as expected.  I have tried to close data, etc and nothing seems to work.  I'm just using the ddCatFindCat and ddCatGetCatMembers functions. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could try?

Best Regards,

TeeBro

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  • TeeBro

    Sorry, I should have put that in the original post.  getVersion() yields --> @(#)$CDS: virtuoso version 6.1.7-64b 12/16/2018 07:36 (sjfhw317) $

    Below is the procedure I'm using.

    procedure( pestGetCellList( libName cat )
       let( (catCellList catID catMemList)
          catCellList = nil
          catID = ddCatFindCat( ddGetObj( libName ) cat "r" )
          if( catID
             then
                catMemList = ddCatGetCatMembers( catID )
                if( catMemList
                   then
                      foreach( item catMemList
                         if( cadr(item) == "cell"
                            then
                               catCellList = cons( car(item) catCellList )
                         ); if
                      ); foreach
                ); if
          ); if
          catCellList = sort( catCellList nil )
       ); let
    ); procedure

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  • TeeBro

    Sorry, I should have put that in the original post.  getVersion() yields --> @(#)$CDS: virtuoso version 6.1.7-64b 12/16/2018 07:36 (sjfhw317) $

    Below is the procedure I'm using.

    procedure( pestGetCellList( libName cat )
       let( (catCellList catID catMemList)
          catCellList = nil
          catID = ddCatFindCat( ddGetObj( libName ) cat "r" )
          if( catID
             then
                catMemList = ddCatGetCatMembers( catID )
                if( catMemList
                   then
                      foreach( item catMemList
                         if( cadr(item) == "cell"
                            then
                               catCellList = cons( car(item) catCellList )
                         ); if
                      ); foreach
                ); if
          ); if
          catCellList = sort( catCellList nil )
       ); let
    ); procedure

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  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to TeeBro

    Add a call:

    ddCatRefresh(catID)

    on the line after ddCatFindCat. That will cause it to refresh from disk if needed, and will solve your problem.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • TeeBro
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    I thought I had looked at the documentation but apparently not close enough.  Sorry for not paying closer attention.  Thanks for the help!!

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