Need help , getting one TEXT Object and access properties (SETTERS /GETTERS )

Hi Mhawley1,

Please find a sample tcl code iterating over comment text dumping previous value and changing the value.

set lSession $::DboSession_s_pDboSession
DboSession -this $lSession
set lNullObj NULL
set lStatus [DboState]
set lDesign [$lSession GetActiveDesign]
#setting my value in cstring.
set lMyText [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString "Cadence"]
#Getting schematic iter.
set lSchematicIter [$lDesign NewViewsIter $lStatus $::IterDefs_SCHEMATICS]
#get the first schematic view
set lView [$lSchematicIter NextView $lStatus]
# set lPage_Name [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]
while { $lView != $lNullObj} {
#dynamic cast from DboView to DboSchematic
set lSchematic [DboViewToDboSchematic $lView]
$lSchematic GetName $lSchi_Name
set lPagesIter [$lSchematic NewPagesIter $lStatus]
#get the first page
set lPage [$lPagesIter NextPage $lStatus]
# puts [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $lSchi_Name]
while {$lPage!=$lNullObj} {
# puts [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $lPage_Name]
# set lPartInstsIter [$lPage NewPartInstsIter $lStatus]
set lCommentsIter [$lPage NewCommentGraphicsIter $lStatus]
set lGraphic [$lCommentsIter NextCommentGraphic $lStatus]
while {$lGraphic!=$lNullObj} {

set lType [$lGraphic GetObjectType]
if {$lType == $::DboBaseObject_GRAPHIC_COMMENTTEXT_INST} {

set lTextInst [DboGraphicInstanceToDboGraphicCommentTextInst $lGraphic]
#Get commnet box dbid
set lDef [$lTextInst GetDboCommentText]
#Getting the current value
set lState [$lDef GetText $lGetCString]
#COnverting cs string to tcl string.
puts [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $lGetCString]
#Setting a new value of comment text box
set lState [$lDef SetText $lMyText]
if {[$lState OK] == 1} {

puts "successfully updated the text value"

}
#placeholder: do your processing on $lTextInst
#get the next graphics of the page

}

set lGraphic [$lCommentsIter NextCommentGraphic $lStatus]
}
delete_DboPageCommentGraphicsIter $lCommentsIter
set lPage [$lPagesIter NextPage $lStatus]
}
delete_DboSchematicPagesIter $lPagesIter
#get the next schematic view
set lView [$lSchematicIter NextView $lStatus]
}
delete_DboLibViewsIter $lSchematicIter

Hope it helps

YES !!! , this does help thank you so much . I scanned through the code and was intimidated like I knew I would be but I did gleam through one line I really REALLY cared about .

 set lState [$lDef SetText $lMyText]

I started to cobble together a different script and I could not modify text block text and thats the piece I needed . Here the code . 

set lStatus [DboState]
set lNullObj NULL
set lObject [GetSelectedObjects]
puts $lObject
set lname [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]
set lValue [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString]
set lPropsIter [$lObject NewDisplayPropsIter $lStatus]
#get the first display property on the object
set lDProp [$lPropsIter NextProp $lStatus]
while {$lDProp != $lNullObj } {
puts "went into while loop iu"
#can not run
$lDProp GetName $lname
$lDProp GetValueString $lValue
set strName [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $lname]
set strValue [DboTclHelper_sGetConstCharPtr $lValue]
# puts $strName
puts [format "%30s = %-30s" GetName $strName]
puts [format "%30s = %-30s" GetValue $strValue]

# AH HA < SO NOOWWWWW IT WORKS > MUAHAHAHAH makes all the text TEST
set name [DboTclHelper_sMakeCString "test"]

set lState [$lDProp SetValueString $name]

set lDProp [$lPropsIter NextProp $lStatus]
}
delete_DboDisplayPropsIter $lPropsIter
$lStatus -delete

# note there is also a SETNAME !!!!!! ,

So in THANK you so much , this gives me a baseline so I can build from there .