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Copy / Duplicate Pages within a .DSN in Orcad Using TCL

Henry Monro

set page_present no
foreach item $pages_names {
# Check if the string matches the current element
if {$item!=NULL} {
set lPageName [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString $item]
set lPage1 [$lSchematic GetPage $lPageName $lStatus]
if {$lPage == $lPage1} {
set page_present yes
}
}
}

if {$page_present!="no"} {

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Help me Here ==>> COPY/DUPLICATE page multiple times within a same DSN with a unique name depends upon the iterations like pageabc_1, pageabc_2, pageabc3...

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}

Thanks in Advance

  • 0


    #Just giving an sample code how you can copy paste a selected page. You can create your own code with different page name using iteration.

    set dir [file dirname [info script]]
    set file [open "test.xml" a+]

    if {$page_present!="no"} {

    set pagenumber "10"
    set dir [file dirname [info script]]
    set file [open "$dir/test.xml" a+]

    puts $file {<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
    <DialogControls>
    <Control Type="EDIT" Enable="TRUE" Visible="TRUE" Id="2377"> }
    puts $file "<Value><!\[CDATA\[$pagenumber\]\]></Value>"
    puts $file {</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>
    </DialogControls>}

    close $file

    SelectPMItem "SCHEMATIC1/PAGE2" ; #Itertate over page and select the required page for copy.I am manually selecting page for now.

    Menu "Edit::Copy ; #Command to Copy the selected Page

    SelectPMItem "SCHEMATIC1" ;# Now select the schematic under which you want to add page.I am manually selecting schematic for now.

    #Below command will paste the copy page with page number 10

    Capture> Menu "Edit::Paste" | DialogBox "OK" "$dir/"test.xml"


    }

    Hope this helps!

  • 0 in reply to CadAP

    It seems these are the capture commands for copy-pasting that you just mentioned. Isn't there a way to accomplish this using TCL commands? For instance, does a command like 'delete page' exist for copy pasting page, such as in set del_page [$lSchematic DeletePage $lPage] ?

  • 0 in reply to CadAP

    hi  how can i rename schematic name and page name ? i have tried all rename command below

             DboSchematic_Rename
             CISDesign_RenameScheamtic
             CISSchematic_RenameScheamticPage
    but it dont work, could you give me some examples ? thanks
  • 0 in reply to tennywhy

    HI tennywhy,

    Tye using $pSchemticObj SetName $lSchiNewNameCString -->schematic rename and $pPageObj SetName $lPageNewNameCString-->Page rename.

  • 0 in reply to CadAP

    thanks sir. I did the test as you instructed, but I ran into two other issues, the first, The schematics name is not refreshed after the name is changed.,You have to reopen the file to see the new name. The second is that the rename is invalid for the page., my code as below, help me please. 

    proc renameTest { } {
        set TRUE 1
        set FALSE 0
        set lStatus [DboState]
        set lSession $::DboSession_s_pDboSession
            DboSession -this $lSession
        set lNullObj ""
        set lDesign [$lSession GetActiveDesign]
        if { $lDesign == $lNullObj} {
            puts "Active design not found"]
            return
        }
        #get schematic and rename
            set lSchematicIter [$lDesign NewViewsIter $lStatus $::IterDefs_SCHEMATICS]
            set lView [$lSchematicIter NextView  $lStatus]
            set lNullObj NULL
            set i 0
            while { $lView != $lNullObj} {
                set lSchematic [DboViewToDboSchematic $lView]
                #get pages and rename
                    set lPagesIter [$lSchematic NewPagesIter $lStatus]
                    #get the first page
                    set lPage [$lPagesIter NextPage $lStatus]
                    set j 0
                    while {$lPage!=$lNullObj} {
                        #placeholder: do your processing on $lPage
                        set pgNamC [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]
                        $lPage GetName $pgNamC
                        set pgNamS [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $pgNamC]
                        #rename pages
                        set pgNewC [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString "pg_test$j"]
                        show "lPage $lPage $pgNamS $pgNewC"
                        # rename cant work for pages
                        $lPage SetName $pgNewC
                        set lPage [$lPagesIter NextPage $lStatus]
                        incr j
                    }
                    delete_DboSchematicPagesIter $lPagesIter
                #end rename pages
                set schNewC [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString "sch_test$i"]
                # $lSchematic SetName $schNewC
                set lView [$lSchematicIter NextView $lStatus]
                incr i
            }
        #end rename schematics
            delete_DboLibViewsIter $lSchematicIter
        $lStatus -delete
    }
    thanks advance
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