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Calling printf inside axlShell

kumarsanj over 8 years ago

Hi,

Is it possible to call printf function inside the AXLShell?

Thanks,

Sanjeev

DavidJHutchins over 8 years ago

Command > skill 'printf("this is a test")'
this is a test
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Command > skill 'axlShell "(printf `\"this is a test2`\")" '
this is a test2`
t
t
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kumarsanj over 8 years ago

David,
Thanks for responding to this query.

Actually i am trying to do something as below

Board_name=axlGetDrawingName()
axlShell("artwork")
axlShell("setwindow form.film_control")
axlShell("FORM film_control filename_prefix fprintf( %s\n", Board_name))

However looks like it doesnot allow the above fprintf function inside of the axlShell command.
Could you please help me for the above logic? How can I call Board_name after "axlShell("FORM film_control filename_prefix"

Regards,
Sanjeev
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DavidJHutchins over 8 years ago

You might want to try the following:

skill 'axlShell(strcat("FORM film_control filename_prefix " (axlCurrentDesign) "_"))'

I used (axlCurrentDesign) since it only returns the base filename, axlGetDrawingName() returns the full pathname
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kumarsanj over 8 years ago

Excellent David.
This is what I was looking for.
Thank you very much.

Regards,
Sanjeev
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kumarsanj over 8 years ago

David I have One more query.

I want to set the Format of ARTWORK-->General parameter tab as below.
Integer place to 5 and
Decimal place to 5.
And below is the code for the same.

axlShell("artwork")
axlShell("setwindow form.film_control")
axlShell("FORM film_control format_dec_places 5.0")
axlShell("FORM film_control format_int_places 5.0")

But it doesn't set the value as required.

Do you have any idea on this?

Thank you.
Sanjeev
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