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I am new to the SKILL world. I am wondering if there is anyone who can tell me how to get the list of all available properties for a given design and how to find out the list of object types that each property can be added to using the SKILL functions?

Thanks.

lipeijia@ugs.com


Originally posted in cdnusers.org by pjli
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  • 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


    Originally posted in cdnusers.org by pjli
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  • 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


    Originally posted in cdnusers.org by pjli
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