trigger SKILL on copy from library manager

I have a custom viewType defined. If the view is copied I want to
modify the cells in the view to reflect the copy (change directory
names to match new cell name). Does anyone know a way to trigger
SKILL on the view copy in the library manager. I see how I can use a
dataTrigger when the view is opened from the library manager but I
don't see anything for when the view is copied.

 

Hi Erik,

You can use ccpRegTrigger to register a trigger with the copy system. However,
you also need to tell the library manager that you want the copy done in
the DFII session, rather than in the library manager.

To do this, you need the cdsenv setting:

ddserv.lib enableCopyInDFII boolean t

Note, this has to be in a .cdsenv, not done just via a envSetVal(),
(unless in an envSetVal() in the cdsLibInit.il file as well as .cdsinit),
because it needs to be read by the library manager process when it starts
(and this doesn't read the .cdsinit).

Regards,

Andrew.

 

You can use ccpRegTrigger to register a trigger with the copy system. However,
^^^
AHA!
CCCP !
a proof at last.
and what about all these red colors on the corporate pages ?

I just knew it, cadence is a bunch of commies. They simply plot to
destroy free market itself. They ve just started with the weakening of
all hard-working californian IC developpers, pumping all their revenues
in China !


/joke

 

Mind you, at least we got rid of the old 4.3.X function hiKillChild() which was
definitely non-PC...

Andrew.

 

Andrew:
You are a god.

Setting in the .cdsinit seems to work.
envSetVal("ddserv.lib" "enableCopyInDFII" 'boolean t)

Is the enableCopyInDFII option documented anywhere? I don't think I
would have figured out that I had to enable this on my own. I see it
in tools.lnx86/dfII/etc/tools/ddserv/.cdsenv but when I searched for
enableCopyInDFII in sourcelink I got 0 hits.

 

Hi Erik,

Thanks for the vote of confidence. Hopefully if I'm omnipotent I can
get the flight I'm on to land on time at Heathrow (there are somethings that
are beyond even the Almighty).

I'll make sure that:

a) there's a solution on this
b) I file a PCR to get it documented.

Andrew.

 

I've written a solution - it should appear on sourcelink once reviewed.
I've also sent some feedback on the ccpRegTrigger() documentation to say
that this should be mentioned in the documentation too.

Andrew.

 

Andrew:
I want to perform an operation on each copied object of a specific
viewType. Is there a way that I can figure out the lib/cell/view of
every object and perform an operation on that object just after the
object is copied?

Lets say I have a text label "A" in schematicA.
myLib/myCell/schematicA

I copy schematicA to schematicB
myLib/myCell/schematicB

I want to change the label from "A" to "B" after the schematic is
copied. Note I really want to do somthing more complicated but the
above example hopefully explains that I am having difficulty figuring
out which objects are being copied in the ccpTrigger.

 

I see that the argList contains several from/to gdmSpec arguments. I
see that I can use gdmInspectSpec to get the lib/cell/view information
from these gdmSpec arguments.