Designlink possible with Farnell (Europe) ordercodes?

On 10/6/2013 12:38 PM, Joop14 wrote:

Hello,

 

I tried to use the Designlink button in Eagle but it seems to work only

with Newark.

Because I'm located in Europe, is it possible to use Designlink with the

Farnell database instead?

The ordercodes generated by Newark don't seem to be accepted by the

Farnell (Europe) website.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Joop

 

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Hi Joop,

I hope you're doing well. This is possible, you're going to have to get

your hands a little dirty but it's possible.

1. Open up the designlink-inc.ulp file included with EAGLE for editing.

2. On line 17 you're going to find a string variable called DILanguage

whose value is assigned by a function called language(), remember it

we're going to go back to it.

3. Starting on line 247 you're going to find a list of Country codes.

Find the two-letter symbol for your country.

4. Go back to line 17, and we're going to hard code you're country.

Comment out the language() function call. Then type in the two-letter

code you found in step 3 within double quotes.

Save the designlink-inc.ulp. Now next time you run Designlink if should

find the correct information.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

On 10/6/2013 12:38 PM, Joop14 wrote:

Hello,

 

I tried to use the Designlink button in Eagle but it seems to work only

with Newark.

Because I'm located in Europe, is it possible to use Designlink with the

Farnell database instead?

The ordercodes generated by Newark don't seem to be accepted by the

Farnell (Europe) website.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Joop

 

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Hi Joop,

I hope you're doing well. This is possible, you're going to have to get

your hands a little dirty but it's possible.

1. Open up the designlink-inc.ulp file included with EAGLE for editing.

2. On line 17 you're going to find a string variable called DILanguage

whose value is assigned by a function called language(), remember it

we're going to go back to it.

3. Starting on line 247 you're going to find a list of Country codes.

Find the two-letter symbol for your country.

4. Go back to line 17, and we're going to hard code you're country.

Comment out the language() function call. Then type in the two-letter

code you found in step 3 within double quotes.

Save the designlink-inc.ulp. Now next time you run Designlink if should

find the correct information.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

On 07.10.2013 20:35, Jorge Garcia wrote:

On 10/6/2013 12:38 PM, Joop14 wrote:

Hello,

 

I tried to use the Designlink button in Eagle but it seems to work only

with Newark.

Because I'm located in Europe, is it possible to use Designlink with the

Farnell database instead?

The ordercodes generated by Newark don't seem to be accepted by the

Farnell (Europe) website.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Joop

 

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To view any images and attachments in this post, visit:

http://www.element14.com/community/message/90700#90700

 

Hi Joop,

 

I hope you're doing well. This is possible, you're going to have to get

your hands a little dirty but it's possible.

 

1. Open up the designlink-inc.ulp file included with EAGLE for editing.

2. On line 17 you're going to find a string variable called DILanguage

whose value is assigned by a function called language(), remember it

we're going to go back to it.

3. Starting on line 247 you're going to find a list of Country codes.

Find the two-letter symbol for your country.

4. Go back to line 17, and we're going to hard code you're country.

Comment out the language() function call. Then type in the two-letter

code you found in step 3 within double quotes.

 

Save the designlink-inc.ulp. Now next time you run Designlink if should

find the correct information.

 

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

 

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Hi Jorge,

I think it is also possible to set the environment variable

for LANG  for example to en_GB. This should contact the UK

Farnell server.

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Thanks Richard,

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Hi Jorge.

Good Lord, why does which country we live in even matter? Isn't this just about accessing a database to identify the parts we want, or is it for actual ordering? I live in Norway, so yeah, guess I will have to wait long and hard before I get to be included... Edited the script as described, but didn't work... Why exactly can't we just access Newark?

On 5/6/2014 12:51 PM, Eystein Orsnes wrote:

Good Lord, why does which country you live in even matter? Isn't this

just about accessing a database to identify the parts you want? I live

in Norway, so yeah, guess I will have to wait long and hard before I get

to be included... Edited the script as described, but didn't work... Why

exactly can't we just access Newark?

The country matters because Designlink want to show pricing in your

local currency. Setting the country code to the US code should allow you

to check Newark's inventory.

hth,

Jorge Garcia