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ULP: how to open a library when ULP was started in a schematic??

Joop14

Hello all,

 

I want to do something simple but somehow I can not find the right way or command.

 

I'm writing an ULP that is going to be started from a schematic.

In the ULP, I want to write code that opens a library so that I can access the properties of devices in a library.

 

How do I do this?

 

Kind Regards,

 

Joop

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    On 20/02/2015 5:35 a.m., Joop14 wrote:

    Hello all,

     

    I want to do something simple but somehow I can not find the right way

    or command.

     

    I'm writing an ULP that is going to be started from a schematic.

    In the ULP, I want to write code that opens a library so that I can

    access the properties of devices in a library.

     

    How do I do this?

     

    Kind Regards,

     

    Joop

     

     

    Hi

    I'm thinking  that you may get what you are after by right clicking the

    symbol in the schematic and selecting 'open device'. Running a ULP at

    that point is simpler. Explain more about you case. I'll write as much

    as you write.

     

    Warren

     

     

  • 0 in reply to autodeskguest

    I'll explain a bit more what I want to try to achieve.

     

    I want to write an ULP that performs a diff between the parts/devices/footprints in a schematic/board and the libraries.

    In order to do this, the ULP must be started in the console of the schematic/board because we need to have access to all the parts/devices used in the schematic.

    Also we need to have access to all properties and attributes of these parts/devices.

     

    Once we have this access (which is easy when you start the ULP in the console of the schematic or board), we need to have access to

    the libraries to compare the properties of the parts in the schematic/board with the parts in the libraries.

     

    I can have access to parts and properties of a library when I start tyhe ULP in the console of a library.

     

    So, the question is, how to open a library from within an ULP that has been started in a schematic or board.

  • 0 in reply to Joop14

    Joop14 wrote:

    So, the question is, how to open a library from within an ULP that has

    been started in a schematic or board.

     

    you would need to exit the ulp, open the library editor and start the

    ulp again (or an second ulp) there.

     

    exiting the ulp in the schematic and opening the library editor could

    be done with exit("edit libname;");

    But I see no way the automaticaly start the ulp this way.

    --

     

    Lorenz

     

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  • 0 in reply to Joop14

    Joop14 wrote:

    So, the question is, how to open a library from within an ULP that has

    been started in a schematic or board.

     

    you would need to exit the ulp, open the library editor and start the

    ulp again (or an second ulp) there.

     

    exiting the ulp in the schematic and opening the library editor could

    be done with exit("edit libname;");

    But I see no way the automaticaly start the ulp this way.

    --

     

    Lorenz

     

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