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Changes to FORM does not update until application restart

Eric Jordan
2 months ago
I am using skill to show a form in the status panel. When I make changes to the source form file, the changes are not visible until PCB Editor is closed and reopened.
Here's the call to the form:
axlMiniStatusLoad( (gensym) "//cadencesrv/CadenceShare/Libraries/Scripts/PCBEditor/AlignDistribute.frm" 'AlignDistributeFormCallback t)
 
I also tried embedding the source form in IL code and the same thing happens (I do a reload of the .il file in between changes).
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  • 1 month ago

    afaik it is caused by the name of the form filename or 'header' inside this formfile.

    It gets loaded into memory when running the axlMiniStatusLoad(). When starting axlMiniStatusLoad() again it reloads it from memory.

     

    If you embed the form inside your tool then you can change the form name at each run.

    So something like this: axlMiniStatusLoad( 'formSym list(symbolToString(gensym()) list(p)) 'AlignDistributeFormCallback t)

    The 'p' is a string that contains your form.

    See also <cdsroot>\share\pcb\examples\skill\form\basic\finline.il

     

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