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General window name/ID for Layout and Schematic Windows to use "hiResizeWindow" function?

Lyrical

Hi, 

I was wondering if there is a general window name/ID for all layout and all schematic windows in Virtuoso? My intent is to have a bindkey to reposition/resize currently open layout/schematic windows depending on if I am working at home or in the office, since my monitor set ups are different at each location. 

I know I can do this with the CIW using something like hiResizeWindow(hiGetCIWindow() list(0:0 1400:350)). Is there a "hiGetCIWindow()" equivielent for schematics/layout/lib manager/LSW? 

I also know that each layout/schematic window has a unique window ID number, but this I imagine changes every time. If there is no name, is there an easy procedure to check current open windows for schematics and layouts, and then reposition them based on type of window (layout or schematic)? 

Thank you!

  • Hi,

    You can easily get the view type for a given window id...the below "foreach mapcar" loop returns a mapping of window id's to the respective cell view type:

    (foreach mapcar wid (setof wid (hiGetWindowList) wid!=(window 1)) (list wid (geGetWindowCellView wid)->cellViewType))

    Max

  • in reply to mbracht

    Hi Max.

    Thank you for your help and input. Using your code,how would I use the cellViewType to be able to reposition each layout/schematic window? Thanks again

  • in reply to Lyrical

    Well it depends from exactly how you want to resize them. Your original question was how to determine whether a window is a layout window. Essentially you need to iterate over all layout windows and then you may resize them to your hearts content:

    (foreach wid (setof wid (hiGetWindowList) wid!=(window 1))
         (when (geGetWindowCellView wid)->cellViewType=="maskLayout"
              (hiResizeWindow wid (list ?:? ?:?))
         )
    )

    Max

  • in reply to mbracht

    Thank you Max! This works great for what I was looking for. I appreciate your time and help! 

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