How to open a new gui window from pull down option using skill in virtuoso ciw

Hi,

You need to put the code in the let() block in a global function and then define this global function as the menu item's callback:

(defun setupItemCB ()
   (let (techNodes rules)
 
      techNodes = (hiCreateCyclicField
                     ?name 'techNodes
                     ?prompt     "Tech Nodes"
                     ?choices    (list "40nm" "60nm")
                     ?callback   (lambda (fld form node)
                                    (println node)
                                    (case node
                                       ("40nm"
                                          theForm->rules->choices = (list "Rule1" "Rule2" "Rule3"))
                                       ("60nm"
                                          theForm->rules->choices = (list "Rule1" "Rule4")))))
 
      rules = (hiCreateCyclicField
                     ?name 'rules
                     ?prompt     "Rules"
                     ?choices    (list "Rule1" "Rule2" "Rule3"))
 
      theForm = (hiCreateAppForm
         ?name 'myForm
         ?formTitle "Just playing..."
         ?fields (list techNodes rules))
 
      (hiDisplayForm theForm)))

setupItem = (hiCreateMenuItem
   ?name 'Setup
   ?itemText   "Setup"
   ?callback   "setupItemCB()")

userGuideItem = (hiCreateMenuItem
   ?name 'UserGiude
   ?itemText   "User Guide"
   ?callback   "(println \"to be implemented...\")")

haloMenu = (hiCreatePulldownMenu
   (gensym)
   "Halo"
   (list setupItem userGuideItem))

(hiInsertBannerMenu window( 1 ) haloMenu (length (hiGetBannerMenus (window 1))) )

Thanks Max ..for quick guidance and reply.

Max i was testing one of the skill code..i have few questions in that:-

1) How can we call netlist direct from schematic using radio button in gui.?

2)Suppose from browse button we had to only call .gds or .cdl file and if user select other than these two extension file will not be select. How we can do it using skill in browse button option?

button_setup_data = hiCreateButton(
?name 'button_setup_data
?buttonText "Browse"
?callback "ddsFileBrowseCB(hiGetCurrentForm() 'setup_data_path \"\" '.cdlOnly)" )

I think you should open a new thread for this - the original question about how to pop up a GUI through a pull down menu is definitely answered.
You also need to be clearer with your questions, I don't really understand what you mean by "call netlist direct from schematic using radio button in gui"

Max