hiSaveAsViewFile() trouble in Virtuoso v6 

 I have a script (http://www.cadence.com/Community/forums/p/24288/1317148.aspx#1317148) that will save the design tree file to a shell to run a shell script on, working in Virtuoso v5, but is breaking in Virtuoso v6 on the command hiSaveAsViewFile.

The Save File As form looks quite different in v6, but I cannot figure out Cadence's documentation to search for (anything..) something like this.

In v5 I use:

hiSaveAsViewfile->file->value-> = Newfilename

hiFormDone(hiSaveAsViewfileForm)

However, in v6,  I get the error message " eval: unbound variable - hiSaveAsViewfile".

Since testing with print statements is able to show me that the variable Newfilename is properly defined, and the command hiSaveAsViewfile() works in v6, I can only guess that the form itself is different in v6, and the format hiSaveAsViewfile->file->value is not the same.

2 Questions -

1. how can I test for the version of Virtuoso as an environment variable so I can handle this save function accordingly?

2. what is the v6 format for hiSaveAsViewfile->file->value??

many thanks in advance!

The form looks like it is probably a QT form and won't have the Skill hooks to it. However, you can simply save it to a file like this:

hiSaveAsViewfile( 
[w_windowId]
[t_fileName]
 )

hiSaveAsViewfile(hiGetCurrentWindow() "/tmp/myfile")

hiSaveAsViewfile(window(9) "/tmp/myfile")

In 6.1:  dbGetDatabaseType() -> "OpenAccess"

In 5.1:  dbGetDatabaseType() -> "CDBA"

Derek

 Thanks Derek,

I have the file saved out successfully now and will try this same code in v5.

I get an error when I try to test the environment for version using your suggested code however.

Much appreciated!

 What error do you get in your CIW, and what exactly did you try for your Skill code? The command is just: dbGetDatabaseType()

Don't add the "->" stuff, I was just trying to show you the output of the command. If you are running a really old version of Cadence 5, the command might not be available, in which case you might need to do something like this:

 procedure(myCheckIsOA()
    if(getd('dbGetDatabaseType) && dbGetDatabaseType() == "OpenAccess"
        t
        nil
    )
) ;proc

Derek

Hello Derek, or others who may see this thread,

I am running the script below to operate on the Design Tree saved out to the shell as an ascii file, but the hiSaveAsViewFile() cmd does not overwrite an existing file.

Is there a way to force hiSaveAsViewFile() to overwrite an existing file?

If not, I can always do it with a shell script, but using SKILL would be simpler.

Any help with this would be much appreciated!!!

procedure( TreeInvList()
      9      printf(">>>>>>>>  Creating a tree inventory from current level to bottom.  <<<<<<<\n")
     10      printf("*****************  Note:  *************\n")
     11      printf("This will strip out all symbolic links in the tree, most of which are contact or via cells created by the \"Create Contact\" function.\n")
     12      printf("An inventory is a unique list of layout files in the tree, including standard cells.\n")
     13      hiGetCurrentWindow()->stopLevel = dbGetMaxHierDepth()
     14      CellName = geGetEditCellView()->cellName
     15      printf("Cell name is %s.\n" CellName)
     16      printf("Tree File is %s_tree.\n" CellName)
     17      printf("Inventory file is %s_tree_inv.\n" CellName)
     18      WritePath = geGetEditCellView()->cell->writePath
     19      printf("Write path where files will be created is:\n")
     20      printf("%s\n" WritePath)
     21      TreeFile = strcat(WritePath "/" CellName "_tree")
     22      printf("TreeFile full path is %s\n" TreeFile)
     23      InvFile = strcat(TreeFile "_inv")
     24      printf("InvFile full path is %s\n" InvFile)
     25      printf("Wait for results....................................\n")
     26      printf("File is being created...............................\n")
     27                  leHiTree()
     28      hiFormDone(leTreeForm)
     29 ;     hiSaveAsViewfile->file->value = TreeFile                          ; version 5 input form code
     30      hiSaveAsViewfile(hiGetCurrentWindow() TreeFile)                    ; version independent code
     31 ;     hiFormDone(hiSaveAsViewfileForm)                                                          ; version 5 code
     32      hiFormDone(leTreeForm)
     33      ipcWait(ipcBeginProcess(strcat("./scripts/treeinv " TreeFile)))
     34      view(InvFile)                                                      ; view prior to response from BeginProcess displays blank window
     35 ) ; proc

James

Hi James,

Use the hiSaveViewfile() function instead, it has a third optional argument g_donotOverwrite that you can set to nil in this case. This function appears to exist in both IC5141 and IC61x versions.

Regards,

Lawrence.