How to get a list of available propertyies

To get the list of properties for a design use axlDBGetProperties(nil). Use axlDBGetPropDictEntry to get the property information.

Thank you very much Dave,

I am sorry for not making my question clear. The axlDBGetProperties(theObj) returns the list of properties attached to theObj. Using "nil" seems an undocumented use which equivalent to axlDBGetProperties( axlDBGetDesign() ). This is because the design object is a default root object, I guess.

What I was asking is about geting the list of property dictionary entries (DictProp). If you are in PCB editor, select the setup/property menu item, you will get a dialog that lists all names of available user properties. If you select edit/property menu for an object in your drawing, a dialog will also bring you a list of available property names. Those are what I asked for.

The axlGetPropDictEntry("propName")->?? prints out info that contains a list of object types named "objects". This behavior seems not documented in Allegro PCB and Package User Guide: SKILL Reference I have. Can I depend on this use?

Thanks.

lipeijia@ugs.com

Sorry, don't know for sure, but I expect that you can depend on axlGetPropDictEntry being available. It is unusual for Cadence to remove a command without making an equivalent available and the fact that it is not prefixed with "_" gives me added confidence.

Dave,

Your comments really make sense to me. That cleared my original suspicious. I noticed that in the manual, the descriptions about axlDBCreatePropDictEntry() and axlDBGetPropDictEntry() do not show a match. The former asks the list of object types as a required input while the example output of the later does not show this object type list. From design point of view, this is abnormal. The two functions should match each other with the added object list.

Thanks for your help.

lipeijia@usg.com

 I don't want to create a new topic with similar or identical name.

So my question is: how can I list all properties of object (e.g. instance or wire) using SKILL?