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Accessing attachaments

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I'm reasonably certain the answer to this question no, but will pose it anyway, hoping to stimulate some thought.

Can an attachment (axlDBCreateAttachment) to a symbol be accessed in the design where the symbol is referenced?

We know that an attachment can exist in a .dra or .brd file.  It appears as the axl*Attachment functions only support accessing the attachment at the same level where it is created.

Attachments look to be a very interesting vehicle for several purposes.  One thought was to use them to manage revision history.  In a scenario such as this, it would be useful to interrogate the design in which the symbols are placed and peruse their revision attachments.  But it appears as if you would have to dump the symbols and then open each of the .dra files.  Not a pleasant thought.

Anyone have any additional thoughts?


Originally posted in cdnusers.org by cdavies
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