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OrCAD Symbol Color Macro

ZetaZero

Hi,

I am wondering why the following macro is setting the custom property "PPVS" perfectly on the selected symbols, but it does not change the color as intended:

SUB PPVS_100_100_50_100
  'MACROMENU PPVS_100_100_50_100
  'MACROKEY CTRL+ALT+1
  'MACRODESCRIPTION
SetProperty "PPVS", "100 100 50 100"
SetProperty "Color", 8
UnSelectAll
END SUB

I have tried a lot of other syntaxes ("Color", "8";   "Color", "255,0,0",   etc.) and I just can't get it to work.

Obviously, my purpose is to set the PPVS value and change the color to red so that I know that the property is set on that component. Could someone please give me a clue? :)

Thanks,

John S.

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  • ZetaZero

    Update:

    Note that it seems that all 3 RGB places need to be right justified, 3 characters long. So, for instance "RGB(  0,255,  0)" for green.

    Also, it appears that the color has to be in the drop down list to work, so "RGB(137,105,189)" won't change the color of a symbol.

    Finally, for a simple, custom input value the following works:

    SUB PPVS_CUSTOM
    'MACROMENU PPVS_CUSTOM
    'MACROKEY CTRL+ALT+9
    'MACRODESCRIPTION
    SetProperty "PPVS", InputBox$("Separate by spaces", "PPVS Values", R$)
    SetProperty "Color", "RGB( 0,255, 0)"
    UnSelectAll
    END SUB

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  • ZetaZero

    Update:

    Note that it seems that all 3 RGB places need to be right justified, 3 characters long. So, for instance "RGB(  0,255,  0)" for green.

    Also, it appears that the color has to be in the drop down list to work, so "RGB(137,105,189)" won't change the color of a symbol.

    Finally, for a simple, custom input value the following works:

    SUB PPVS_CUSTOM
    'MACROMENU PPVS_CUSTOM
    'MACROKEY CTRL+ALT+9
    'MACRODESCRIPTION
    SetProperty "PPVS", InputBox$("Separate by spaces", "PPVS Values", R$)
    SetProperty "Color", "RGB( 0,255, 0)"
    UnSelectAll
    END SUB

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