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Loading the DFA Table using Skill

Peter Cerbone

Hello,

Trying to modify a portion of a skill that someone else created a few years back, that adds the DFA table, it works in 16.6 but not in 17.2

In 17.2, it opens the DFA spreadsheet portion but I have to manually pick the dfa table, put "on" the DRC mode, then click OK for the rest of the skill to finish.

Below is what I'm trying to modify to make it work in Allegro 17.2

Here is the portion as it exist:     Is there a better way to accomplish this task to work for 16.6 and 17.2?

 ; Doing some setup via a script file. Don't want to do this but I
      ; couldn't get the DFA setup to work from axlShell command. Will
      ; revisit this at another time.
      ;
      scrfile = outfile("./setup.scr" "w")
      
      fprintf(scrfile "setwindow pcb; techfile in; setwindow form.tech_in\n")
      fprintf(scrfile "FORM tech_in techfile \"%s\"\n" techFile)
      fprintf(scrfile "FORM tech_in execute; setwindow pcb\n")
      fprintf(scrfile "setwindow form.tech_in\n")
      fprintf(scrfile "Form tech_in cancel\n")
      fprintf(scrfile "setwindow pcb\n")
      fprintf(scrfile "dfa_spreadsheet\n")
      fprintf(scrfile "setwindow dfa.dialog\n")
      fprintf(scrfile ;"dfa read_from_design\n")
      fprintf(scrfile "dfa browse_dfa_library\n")
      fprintf(scrfile "dfa open package_spacing_U3_Rev_01_minimum\n")
      fprintf(scrfile "dfa constraints on\n")
      fprintf(scrfile "dfa attach_to_design\n")
      fprintf(scrfile "setwindow dfa.dialog\n")
      fprintf(scrfile "dfa okay\n")

      close(scrfile)
      
      axlShell("replay ./setup.scr")
      deleteFile("./setup.scr")
      deleteFile(techFile)

Thanks

Peter

  • DavidJHutchins

    Peter,

    the 17.2 command format changed quite a bit from 16.6, below is an example of what I have in some skill code:

    fprintf(scrfile "generaledit\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "dfa_spreadsheet\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal DFAMainWindow m_actionBrowse_DFA_library triggered\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal AlgDataBrwDlg m_fileCombBox EditingFinished *\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal AlgDataBrwDlg m_fileListView selectionChanged \"package_spacing_U3_Rev_01_minimum\"\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal AlgDataBrwDlg m_fileListView clicked \"package_spacing_U3_Rev_01_minimum\"\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal AlgDataBrwDlg m_OKPushBtn clicked\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal m_drcmodGrp m_drcOnButton toggled on\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal DFAMainDialog m_okBtn clicked\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal MainCanvas DFAMainDialog closed\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "generaledit\n")

  • DavidJHutchins

    Peter,

    the command format changed quite a bit between 16.x & 17.x, below is an example of what should work based upon some skill code I have:

    fprintf(scrfile "generaledit\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "dfa_spreadsheet\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal DFAMainWindow m_actionBrowse_DFA_library triggered\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal AlgDataBrwDlg m_fileCombBox EditingFinished *\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal AlgDataBrwDlg m_fileListView selectionChanged \"package_spacing_U3_Rev_01_minimum\"\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal AlgDataBrwDlg m_fileListView clicked \"package_spacing_U3_Rev_01_minimum\"\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal AlgDataBrwDlg m_OKPushBtn clicked\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal m_drcmodGrp m_drcOnButton toggled on\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal DFAMainDialog m_okBtn clicked\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "QtSignal MainCanvas DFAMainDialog closed\n")
    fprintf(scrfile "generaledit\n")

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to DavidJHutchins

    David - an explanation for your reply being put into moderation. It was flagged as spam automatically because of the repeated text in it. It's clearly not spam, so I approved it (I moderate some of the other forums).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • Peter Cerbone
    in reply to DavidJHutchins

    David,

    Thanks, that did the job for 17.2 but besides doing this by script is there a skill command that can do the same thing and work for 16.2 and 17.2?

    Half the company is still using 16.6, that's the reason I'm asking.

    Thanks again

    Peter

  • DavidJHutchins

    Peter,

    I'm not aware of any skill routines to import & enable the dfa tables

    The skill code I'm using supports multiple versions by checking the tool version, below is an example:

    (Version = axlVersion( 'version))

    if( Version < 17.0 then

        ;; use the old scripting fromat

    else

        ;; use the new scripting fromat

    )

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