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Exit out of current command

Khurana

Is there an Allegro Skill function that checks to see if you're in a command or not.  For example, if I click on Edit > Move (or Route > Slide) then I don't want my skill routine executed i.e. first I want to get into "Idle" mode and only when I am in Idle mode, I proceed with my skill routine - any ideas how to accomplish this. 

axlOKToProceed didn't work for me since it returns t even after clicking Edit > Move (but prior to selecting the component to move).  Other option would be to use an Allegro Skill function that cancels the current command such Edit > Move - is there one that does this?  I guess paraphrasing this, I mean to ask if there's an Allegro Skill equivalent to RMB's Done menu pick?  axlFinishEnterFun didn't work for me.

  • I think that this probably "just works". I have tested this with the "align_sym" SKILL script which uses an "axlOKToProceed" check at the start. I start Edit>Move with the Options tab open, the Options tab displays the "Move" options, I type "align_sym" at the comamnd line to start running the script, the Options tab goes to Active Class / Subclass, and the script runs, so it seems like the script running has "automagically" cancelled the Move command, there is no RMB>Done in the canvas for the Move command

  • Nope, it doesn't work because I am invoking the skill script I wrote by the way of a keyboard key (key was mapped to the command line command in the env file).

  • I believe it has to do with how your application is registered and what is presently running in Allegro. The "align_sym" application is registered  as an "interactive" command via axlCmdRegister. So when it runs it will automatically "done" the present interactive command, before it even runs axlOkToProceed.  If your application is registered as "general" it will not automatically "done" the present command. But registering a "general" application as an "interactive" application may have issues since it's expecting a RMB done.

     Craig

  • Thanks Craig - registering the command as interactive does what I want.

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