Change Variant View using TCL

If you are looking for switching variant view mode using TCL, try using below command

Menu "View::Variant View Mode" | DialogBox "OK"

After the "OK" a path to xml file has to be provided which lists the variant to be displayed

For e.g. Menu "View::Variant View Mode" | DialogBox "OK" "C:/tmp/CAPTURELOG/Mon_May__2_11_35_26_2022/Select a Design Variant_1.xml"

but .xml has a fixed variant names. So if you load another design this will not work as variants has different names!

but .xml has a fixed variant names. So if you load another design this will not work as variants has different names!

HI Krissn,

You can use the below code to switch to variant mode.

Please source the below code and open the design and type below command(after sourcing the tcl code)

displayVariant {Variantname} 

For example you have variant name test1 type like below:

displayVariant {test1} 

After successful running of code, test1 variant mode will be activated.

proc displayVariant {Variantname} {
set tempfile [open "temp.xml" w+]

puts $tempfile {<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<DialogControls>
<Control Type="LIST_BOX" Enable="TRUE" Visible="TRUE" Id="1265">}
puts $tempfile " <Value><!\[CDATA\[$Variantname\]\]></Value>"
puts $tempfile { <Value><![CDATA[<Core Design>]]></Value>
<Value><![CDATA[TB1]]></Value>
<Value><![CDATA[TB2]]></Value>
</Control>
<Control Type="PUSH_BUTTON" Enable="TRUE" Visible="TRUE" Id="1">
<Value><![CDATA[OK]]></Value>
</Control>
<Control Type="PUSH_BUTTON" Enable="TRUE" Visible="TRUE" Id="2">
<Value><![CDATA[Cancel]]></Value>
</Control>
<Control Type="PUSH_BUTTON" Enable="TRUE" Visible="TRUE" Id="57670">
<Value><![CDATA[Help]]></Value>
</Control>
</DialogControls>}

close $tempfile

Menu "View::Variant View Mode" | DialogBox "OK" "[pwd]/temp.xml"

catch {file delete "temp.xml"}

}

what is the MenuCommand for "View::Variant View Mode". we will run in different UI languages, so I am wondering if it would work when e.g. running in Chinese UI using "View::Variant View Mode"