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Lock Files Stay When Editing Categories

jdsherman

I'm attempting to make a small SKILL interface to allow me to add a cell to a category without the painfully slow right click, modify, etc. However, the category lock files seem to remain after I add. The commands are just the example given in the documentation:

cat_dd = ddCatOpen(ddGetObj("lib_name" "category_name" "a")

ddCatAddItem(cat_dd "cell_name" "cell")

ddCatSave(cat_dd)

ddCatClose(cat_dd)

This successfully adds the category, but it leaves a lock file open so I can't access it afterwards unless I remove the lock file. Is there another command that needs to be added?

Thanks,

-Jeff

  • Jeff,

    I don't see the problem - it works OK for me, at least in the current IC subversion. I see some issues reported with locking of categories  - some fixed in IC6.1.8/ICADVM20.1 ISR23, and then later fixes in ISR25. There may be a problem between these two versions. Some questions:

    1. What does getVersion(t) return for the Virtuoso you're using?
    2. Are you using any Design Management tool (there were some related issues with IC Manage, for example, that had some interactions with the first fix we did at least).

    Regards,

    Andrew

  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Ah, I was using an older instance of Virtuoso - we have a few versions to ensure compatibility with older projects. running the commands with a version that gives back "sub-version  IC6.1.8-64b.500.23" seemed to do the trick.

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