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Execute TCL command after opening design finsished

ggeorgg

Hi!

I want to execute some TCL code after a design has been opened. Can someone provide an example if this is possible? I tried it with the action "_cdnOrNotifyDesignOpened", but without success...

Thanks in advance!

Best regards

Georg

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  • CadAP
    +1

    HI George,

    Please use the sample code for running proc after design open.

    After sourcing the below code it will show you the design loaction in capture command window.

    Also you can keep the file at C:\Cadence\SPB_22.1\tools\capture\tclscripts\capAutoLoad for auto load in capture.

    I am using SPB_22.1.

    #Test code

    proc designName {args} {
    set lDesignNameCstring [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]
    set lSession $::DboSession_s_pDboSession
    DboSession -this $lSession
    set activedesign [$lSession GetActiveDesign]
    $activedesign GetName $lDesignNameCstring

    puts "Design_Location: [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $lDesignNameCstring]"
    }

    proc capTrue {args} {
    return 1

    }

    RegisterAction "_cdnOrNotifyDesignOpened" "capTrue" "" "designName" ""

    Thanks

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  • CadAP
    +1

    HI George,

    Please use the sample code for running proc after design open.

    After sourcing the below code it will show you the design loaction in capture command window.

    Also you can keep the file at C:\Cadence\SPB_22.1\tools\capture\tclscripts\capAutoLoad for auto load in capture.

    I am using SPB_22.1.

    #Test code

    proc designName {args} {
    set lDesignNameCstring [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]
    set lSession $::DboSession_s_pDboSession
    DboSession -this $lSession
    set activedesign [$lSession GetActiveDesign]
    $activedesign GetName $lDesignNameCstring

    puts "Design_Location: [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $lDesignNameCstring]"
    }

    proc capTrue {args} {
    return 1

    }

    RegisterAction "_cdnOrNotifyDesignOpened" "capTrue" "" "designName" ""

    Thanks

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  • ggeorgg
    0 in reply to CadAP

    Thanks, this works. Seams I made some kind of error in the first place when using _cdnOrNotifyDesignOpened...

  • ggeorgg
    0 in reply to CadAP

    I tried your suggestion with placing the code in the capAutoLoad directory, but it did not always work. It dependet on the file name in which this code was stored. Think the issue is caused by the file C:\Cadence\SPB_22.1\tools\capture\tclscripts\capAutoLoad\capAppLaunchMenu.tcl

    In this file the capTrue procedure is defined without arguments like this:

    proc capTrue {} {
        return true
    }
    But the "Enabler" procedure needs to have arguments, otherwise the procedure designName is never triggered. 
    So when loading your code before capAppLaunchMenu.tcl gets loaded by the capture startup, the procedure designName is not triggered.
    Solution is to just use a different name for the capTrue procedure. Maybe Cadence reads this as well, then they can change add "args" to the capTrue in the mentioned file. I think it is missing there.
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