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NAME command in ULP

rachaelp

Hello,

 

I've using NAME within a ULP to automatically rename some busses/wires. It

works great when there is just one occurrence of a wire on a sheet but as

soon as there is a second I get a pop-up asking if I want to change just

the selected segment or all segments in the sheet. Looking at the docs I

can't see a way to make this happen automatically without prompting, does

anybody else know of a way to stop this prompt showing up?

 

If not then maybe the command needs an enhancement to allow the following

optional parameter for naming busses/wires:

 

NAME new_name (x y) T

 

where T = This segment, E = Every segment on sheet and A = All segments on

all sheets

 

Best Regards,

 

Rachael

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  • rachaelp wrote on Wed, 18 May 2016 09:51

    So I just tried the SET CONFIRM option in my script and it does get rid

    of the nag, it would seem YES equates to the E option in my above example

    and I suspect NO would equate to the T (I haven't tried it) but sadly

    there is no way to make this work across all sheets with this option.

     

    It's also a sledge hammer approach to turn off all the warnings for the

    entire script with a blanket YES or NO auto confirmation. You could keep

    changing it in the script for every time you need to do something

    different, but I think my suggestion to be able to specify exactly how it

    should be handled for every occurrence of such commands within a script

    is much more powerful and much safer. In the docs it even gives a big

    warning about the dangers of using SET CONFIRM so it would seem sensible

    for CadSoft to enhance all such commands to provide a much more flexible,

    easier to use and safer option.

     

     

    I decided I really should test the NO option to make sure it does as I

    thought it did above and it would seem it does not. SET CONFIRM NO at the

    start of the script leaves me with my original naggy script. So I think

    it's likely a fluke that YES worked for the E option.... It gets me out of

    my current predicament but I actually need to be able to specify all three

    options at will to be able to finish my script as I would like.

     

     

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  • rachaelp wrote on Wed, 18 May 2016 09:51

    So I just tried the SET CONFIRM option in my script and it does get rid

    of the nag, it would seem YES equates to the E option in my above example

    and I suspect NO would equate to the T (I haven't tried it) but sadly

    there is no way to make this work across all sheets with this option.

     

    It's also a sledge hammer approach to turn off all the warnings for the

    entire script with a blanket YES or NO auto confirmation. You could keep

    changing it in the script for every time you need to do something

    different, but I think my suggestion to be able to specify exactly how it

    should be handled for every occurrence of such commands within a script

    is much more powerful and much safer. In the docs it even gives a big

    warning about the dangers of using SET CONFIRM so it would seem sensible

    for CadSoft to enhance all such commands to provide a much more flexible,

    easier to use and safer option.

     

     

    I decided I really should test the NO option to make sure it does as I

    thought it did above and it would seem it does not. SET CONFIRM NO at the

    start of the script leaves me with my original naggy script. So I think

    it's likely a fluke that YES worked for the E option.... It gets me out of

    my current predicament but I actually need to be able to specify all three

    options at will to be able to finish my script as I would like.

     

     

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    Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the CadSoft EAGLE community meets.

     

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