Error while loading the .il file

You are trying to run a graphical Skill command (hiCreateStringField is a "hi - human interface" command). This command creates a string field on a form and forms are only available in graphics mode.

 Derek

cnskill is an Allegro (or rather Concept) interface to SKILL from the SPB tools - so this should really be in the PCB SKILL forum (I'll move it there in a moment).

cnskill -nongraph actually doesn't have any graphics at all, so can't create forms. It's different from "virtuoso -nograph", where the graphics functions are still supported, but don't show up (they're displayed on a hidden display), or "virtuoso -nographE" which still has the graphics but no CIW console.

I tried out oferExample.il in "cnskill -i" (no -nongraph), and apart from not having dbGetDatabaseType() defined (this is in the code to tweak the appearance due to a change in Virtuoso versions), it worked. You can either edit out the dbGetDatabaseType() calls, or simply do:

procedure(dbGetDatabaseType() "OpenAccess")

That should make it work in cnskill.

Regards,

Andrew.

 Hi Andrew,

Thank you for your reply.

I am actually working on a windows platform.The cnskill -i doesnt work for me.

My ultimate goal is to add a menu in Concept HDL  which will load the .il file and display the GUI.[Note:I have already added a menu in concept HDL which does not include any GU]

So I tried using this example in  Concept HD.It didnt work.

So I tried it out in cnskill. Even that doesnt work.

I am kind of struck here.

Do you have any advice for me.

thanks,

Anusha

Anusha,

I can only give limited advice because I'm a Custom IC AE and am not that familiar with Concept or Allegro.

However, you said that it doesn't work in cnskill. It did for me (assuming that I didn't use -nongraph, and that I also defined dbGetDatabaseType() as I explained before, as the example was implemented for Virtuoso). What doesn't work about it in cnskill?

Regards,

Andrew 

 Andrew,

when i give cnskill -i ,It gives me an error 

Graphical SKILL interpreter not yet available on this platform.
Please specify -nongraph argument to cnskill.

In one of the forum http://www.cadence.com/Community/forums/p/16180/350875.aspx I just found the forms are not supported in Concept Skill. SO that should be the problem i guess.

Thank you for your response.

regards,

Anusha