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optional command argument

Ejlersen

Hi

For defun and procedure it is possible to define optional arguments

e.g., defun mycommand ( @optional (nogui nil))

Inside my program I can call the defun with or without the argument as

mycommand or mycommand(t)

however, I would like to be able to use this inside PCB Editor to execute the program with an optional argument, how is that accomplished. I do not seem to be able to find anything in the documentation for axlCmdRegister on this topic.

The command prompt keeps saying command not found mycommand(t)

Any suggestions?

Best regards

Ole

  •  on the allegro cmd line just do (without the parens):

           mycommand t

    Notes:

      - Input data is always passed as a string.

      - you might want to use the @rest method since the Allegro cmd line divides up arguments based on whitespace. Skill will throw an error if the user does: mycommand foo bar

  • Hi

    Yes, offcourse that was the problem. just got to used to using the skill development window and did the same in PCB Editor :-)

    Thanks for the suggestion for @rest, I can see that I get an error if I type more than one argument but I suppose the same will be true for both rest and optional?

    Best regards

    Ole

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