Expose open project path in ULP

On 08/26/10 02:39, Warren Brayshaw wrote:

It would be useful if the path of the Open Project folder could be

determined from within a ULP.

 

Such a command should reveal the path of the Open project. If none is open

then it should indicate this by returning a null.

This would enable ULP code efficiencies when determining the folders used by

Eagle when a Project is open /or not..

 

Eagle already knows the path so I imagine that  it should not be a large

task to expose it via the User Language.

You can do this with

  cfgget("EAGLE:Project.Dir")

The cfgget() function was introduced in version 5.9.2.

Klaus Schmidinger

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Warren Brayshaw wrote:

It would be useful if the path of the Open Project folder could be

determined from within a ULP.

>

Such a command should reveal the path of the Open project. If none is

open

then it should indicate this by returning a null.

This would enable ULP code efficiencies when determining the folders

used by

Eagle when a Project is open /or not..

>

Eagle already knows the path so I imagine that  it should not be a large

task to expose it via the User Language.

>

"Klaus Schmidinger"  replied

You can do this with

>

  cfgget("EAGLE:Project.Dir")

>

The cfgget() function was introduced in version 5.9.2.

>

Thank you, cfgget and cfgset are great additions.

I suspect, for the reasons below , this does provide the correct path in all

situations.

Right now I cannot test this but have read the v5.10 help for the commands.

Please tell me where my logic fails.

(a) cfgget queries the user's eaglerc file.

(b) eaglerc is updated when the user performs a File/Save All or when Eagle

is closed

(c) user's eaglerc file is not updated when a project is closed and another

opened, within a session

In the following scenario the previous project.dir will be returned.

(1) Eagle is closed with an unclosed project ("Project1")

(2) Eagle is opened and "Project1" is also open. The user's eaglerc file

Project.dir points to "Project1"

(3) Close "Project" and open "Project2"

(4) Query the eaglerc file Project.dir with cfgget and it returns "Project1"

(which is the previously open project) and not "Project2" (the currently

open project).

My argument pivots on point(c) above. The user's eaglerc file is not being

updated when a project is closed and another opened, within a session. If it

is then there is no problem and my apologies for wasting your time.

Warren

On 08/26/10 23:54, Warren Brayshaw wrote:

Warren Brayshaw wrote:

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My argument pivots on point(c) above. The user's eaglerc file is not being

updated when a project is closed and another opened, within a session.

cfgget() always returns the actual value currently used in the program.

Klaus Schmidinger

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Klaus Schmidinger                       Phone: +49-8635-6989-10

CadSoft Computer GmbH                   Fax:   +49-8635-6989-40

Pleidolfweg 15                          Email:   kls@cadsoft.de

D-84568 Pleiskirchen, Germany           URL:     www.cadsoft.de

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My argument pivots on point(c) above. The user's eaglerc file is not

being

updated when a project is closed and another opened, within a session.

>

"Klaus Schmidinger"  wrote

cfgget() always returns the actual value currently used in the program.

>

Klaus Schmidinger

That's great

Many Thanks

Warren

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My argument pivots on point(c) above. The user's eaglerc file is not

being

updated when a project is closed and another opened, within a session.

>

"Klaus Schmidinger"  wrote

cfgget() always returns the actual value currently used in the program.

>

Klaus Schmidinger

That's great

Many Thanks

Warren