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dbCreateRect in a group

Will Tang

Hi all,

What I want to do:

1. Edit-in-place a group [OK]

2. Create rectangles of shape by SKILL function ... dbCreateRect (cvid, ....)

but still get CIW message: *Error* dbCreateRect: Invalid cellView - db:0x2d44441e

I already get the cellview ID of the group by cvid = leGetEditFigGroup()

Any comment is much appreciated.

Thank you very much !!

Will

  • skillUser

    Hi Will,

    That's not the cellview ID but the figGroup ID. You should be able to get the cellview ID from the figGroup ID, or through various other methods for obtaining a cellview ID.  The documentation shows this for that function by the way:

    leGetEditFigGroup(
    [ w_windowID ]
    )
    => d_figGroupId / nil

    Best regards,

    Lawrence.

  • Will Tang
    in reply to skillUser

    Hi Lawrence,

    Thank you very much for your prompt reply :-)

    I see ...

    But I can only go into a group by edit-in-place method.

    Once I use cvid = geGetWindowCellView(), it returns cellview ID of the upper cell (the cell I used edit-in-place to edit the group).

    As a result, I created rectangles in the upper cell, not in the group.

    How can I get cellview ID of the group?

    Thank you very much !!

    Will

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Will Tang

    Will,

    You've misunderstood. A figGroup is not a cellView. It's an object within the cellView which contains figures. So it makes no sense to "get cell view ID of the group". You can find the cellView that the figGroup is in, but I don't think that's what you mean.

    Anyway, if you've done edit in place and are editing the figGroup contents, then you can add to it this way:

    fg=leGetEditFigGroup()
    rect=dbCreateRect(fg~>cellView "Metal3" list(2:7 4:8))
    dbAddFigToFigGroup(fg rect)

    This creates the rectangle in the same cellView that the figGroup is in, and then adds the rectangle into the figGroup. Note that all figures within a figGroup are in the cellView containing the figGroup anyway.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • Will Tang
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hi Andrew,

    Thank you very much for your support and guidance !!

    It works very well !!

    Will

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