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 delete property from symbol 

Last post Tue, Feb 12 2013 12:08 AM by Ejlersen. 2 replies.
Started by Ejlersen 11 Feb 2013 01:05 AM. Topic has 2 replies.
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  • Mon, Feb 11 2013 1:05 AM

    • Ejlersen
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    delete property from symbol Reply

    Hi

    I've made a skill program that uses properties on symbols but have experienced an issue that I cannot solve for the attached symbol.

    If I look at Setup->Property definitions it shows NS_REV_100_COMMENT and NS_REVISION_CODE and I can't delete them in that menu or with axlDBDeletePropDictEntry since it is in use.

    If I do a Edit->Properties on Drawing it does not show this property as being part of the symbol drawing.

    If I inside the Skill window do props = axlDBGetProperties(axlDBGetDesign()) then it will show these 2 properties as being part of the symbol

    This should mean that the following code first deletes the usage of the property and then the property definition, but this does not happen.

     propname = "NS_REV_100_COMMENT"
     axlDBDeleteProp(axlDBGetDesign() propname)
     axlDBDeletePropDictEntry(propname)

    This works for lots of other symbols but not for this one, anyone with an idea to the issue? 

     

    Best regards

    Ole

    Revpsm.zip
    Best regards Ole
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  • Mon, Feb 11 2013 11:59 AM

    • eDave
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    Re: delete property from symbol Reply

    Hi Ole,

    Try using  axlDBDeletePropAll

     propname = "NS_REV_100_COMMENT"

    axlDBDeletePropAll(propname)

     axlDBDeletePropDictEntry(propname)

     

    Regards,

    Dave 

     

    Dave Elder, Tait Communications
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  • Tue, Feb 12 2013 12:08 AM

    • Ejlersen
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    Re: delete property from symbol Reply

    Hi Dave

    That works nicely, don't know if there's a difference if the property is made as being invisible, but I'll just use the axlDBDeletePropAll insted.

    Thanks for your help.

    Best regards

    Ole

    Best regards Ole
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