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how to get LAST_DATE_TIME in ulp

e14 Contributor
e14 Contributor over 10 years ago

Hello,

 

I would like to know how to get LAST_DATE_TIME value in an ULP.

It doesn't seem to be a schematic attribute, neither the frame one.

I can't find the answer on the web or in the documentation.

 

Thank you for your help.

 

Best regards,

 

Grégory

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    0 autodeskguest over 10 years ago

    On 2/07/2016 1:47 a.m., Grégory 73 wrote:

    Hello,

     

    I would like to know how to get LAST_DATE_TIME value in an ULP.

    It doesn't seem to be a schematic attribute, neither the frame one.

    I can't find the answer on the web or in the documentation.

    ................

    Grégory

     

     

    Hi

     

    You need not search anywhere other than the HELP in Eagle.

    The ULP document is simply an extract from the HELP

     

    The following will show you the date if the frame contains a

    >LAST_DATE_TIME

    >LAST_DATE_TIME is in the symbol of a device so in the schematic you

    need to drill down to the texts of the symbol in the gate of an instance.

     

    HTH

    Warren

     

     

    string result,cmd;

    if(!sheet) {dlgMessageBox("Run this ULP in the Schematic Editor"); exit(0);}

    sheet(S){

         S.instances(I){

              sprintf(result,"Instance: %s\n", I.name);

              cmd+=result;

              I.gate.symbol.texts(SYMTXT){

                   sprintf(result,"SymbolTexts: %s\n", SYMTXT.value);

                   cmd+=result;          

              }

         }

    }

    dlgMessageBox(cmd);

     

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    0 autodeskguest over 10 years ago

    On 2/07/2016 1:47 a.m., Grégory 73 wrote:

    Hello,

     

    I would like to know how to get LAST_DATE_TIME value in an ULP.

    It doesn't seem to be a schematic attribute, neither the frame one.

    I can't find the answer on the web or in the documentation.

    ................

    Grégory

     

     

    Hi

     

    You need not search anywhere other than the HELP in Eagle.

    The ULP document is simply an extract from the HELP

     

    The following will show you the date if the frame contains a

    >LAST_DATE_TIME

    >LAST_DATE_TIME is in the symbol of a device so in the schematic you

    need to drill down to the texts of the symbol in the gate of an instance.

     

    HTH

    Warren

     

     

    string result,cmd;

    if(!sheet) {dlgMessageBox("Run this ULP in the Schematic Editor"); exit(0);}

    sheet(S){

         S.instances(I){

              sprintf(result,"Instance: %s\n", I.name);

              cmd+=result;

              I.gate.symbol.texts(SYMTXT){

                   sprintf(result,"SymbolTexts: %s\n", SYMTXT.value);

                   cmd+=result;          

              }

         }

    }

    dlgMessageBox(cmd);

     

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    0 e14 Contributor over 10 years ago in reply to autodeskguest

    Hi,

     

    OK. Thank you. This is strange that these datas (LAST_DATE_TIME, DRAWING_NAME, ...) are attached to the sheet. I would have expected to have them attached as attributes of the schematics.

    Moreover, when I get them from the sheet, I need to know in which order the texts are coming because UL_TEXT don't have a name attribute. This is not very clean.

    I would have expected some builtin functions such as variant() which returns the current variant.

     

    Anyway, your solution works. Thank you very much.

     

    Best regards,

     

    Grégory

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