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How to find current shee t in ULP?

autodeskguest

I finally decided to write ULPs to go backwards and forwards one sheet in

the schematic editor, so that I could tie these to shortcut keys.

 

I looked at the ULP help again (version 7.7), and it appears the only

system state accessible to a ULP are the top level schematic, board, and

library structures, and then anything contained in them.  I looked over the

schematic structure again, but there appears to be no current state in

there, like the current schematic sheet.

 

How do I determine the current schematic sheet from a ULP?

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  • Am 02.12.2016 um 13:54 schrieb Olin Lathrop:

    How do I determine the current schematic sheet from a ULP?

     

    if(sheet) sheet(S)

    {

        string txt;

        sprintf(txt, "Current sheet: %d", S.number);

        dlgMessageBox(txt);

    }

     

    However, the ULP you're trying to write already ship with EAGLE, look

    for "editnext-sheet.ulp" and "editprev-sheet.ulp".

     

    Rene

     

     

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  • Am 02.12.2016 um 13:54 schrieb Olin Lathrop:

    How do I determine the current schematic sheet from a ULP?

     

    if(sheet) sheet(S)

    {

        string txt;

        sprintf(txt, "Current sheet: %d", S.number);

        dlgMessageBox(txt);

    }

     

    However, the ULP you're trying to write already ship with EAGLE, look

    for "editnext-sheet.ulp" and "editprev-sheet.ulp".

     

    Rene

     

     

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  • in reply to autodeskguest

    rk wrote on Fri, 02 December 2016 08:01

    However, the ULP you're trying to write already ship with EAGLE, look

    for "editnext-sheet.ulp" and "editprev-sheet.ulp".

     

     

    Thanks.  I looked at one of those as a example.  The trick is the "sheet"

    built-in statement.

     

    If you look at the help page USER LANGUAGE > OBJECT TYPES, it implies the

    only data structure-opening statements are LIBRARY, SCHEMATIC, and BOARD.

    I did find SHEET listed as one of the built-in statements later on.

     

    Eagle's help system strikes once again.  It is good for reference if you

    know what to look up, but not so good at helping you find things that you

    don't know about yet.  Argh.  I really hope AutoDesk does something about

    this.  Personally, I'd much rather they spend time on making the

    documentation usable for the introductory purpose too, not just for

    reference, than messing with the UI.

     

    I really do try to RTFM, but the M has to do its part by making the

    information findable for other than looking up details within a known

    context.

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