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How to store components location

Hello everyone, please help me store the value of the components location. for example. i want to get the components name layer and location. compName=dbid->name _layer=dbid->symbol->ismirror ("NO" for top and "YES" for bottom") _xy=dbid->symbol->xy cmbString=strcat(compname ";" _layer ";" _xy) i get an error on arguments #5, it says it should be string or symbol... please help, all of the variable holds a value, but when joining them using strcat it gets an error on the _xy which is the location...

fxffxf over 13 years ago

_xy is a list of floats so you need to convert it to a string which a sprintf can do with a %L conversion spec:
cmbString=strcat(compname ";" _layer ";" sprintf(nil "%L" _xy))
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GIL2004XP over 13 years ago

An alternate solution is to make use of the File>Export>Placement Command which can then be run on axlRunBatchDBProgram or shell function using command line "plctxt out"
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