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Idea about ULP and toolbar

huayuliang

EAGLE has too many ULP, to run ULP need to select from directory or pulldown from submenu every time, maybe add some customizable button on tool bar for user can be more easy for user, and a .ini file can storage the button name and ulp's full path name.

 

I strongly suggest CADSOFT implement it in future versions...

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  • in reply to huayuliang

    The command texts toolbar is a fully customizable toolbar (not visible by default), and the MENU command does exactly what you are looking for: It places are shortcut on that toolbar. I use it that way, together with an ULP assigned to a function key to toggle the visibility state on the fly of the command texts toolbar.

     

    But maybe I still did not get your point...

  • in reply to Former Member

    I think I understand what you said, and that is good for customizing the software, but we need to be familiar with Script language, we need to know how to compose a script file with right syntax, and this would be a barrier to most of the EAGLE users. Looking at the example of a script file (menu.scr) introduced in the section 10.4 of EAGLE Manual, I don't think most of the user can write a script like that.

    So I agree with Huayuliang. He suggested integrating a simple function which might be named "Adding shortcut for ULP" into the Tools menu or whatever. When users use this function,  a window would pop up allowing users select an ULP they want and an associated button marked with simple text like "align" or "show" which gives a hint on what this button can do. Integrating this function will facilitate the application of ULPs, eliminating the trouble of first clicking "file" menu, then selecting "RUN", and then selecting the ULP you want at each time when you need to run the same ULP, meanwhile there is need to learn how to compose a script file. We can use the exsiting ULPs quickly and easily.

  • in reply to Michael

    yes, you are right.

     

    but I think it can use INI file to store the full path name of ulp file, and position number on toolbar , and the other...

     

    and then , once the board editor started, it load this INI file, and present on toolbar.

     

    so everyone can easily to customize the toolbar himself, only need Cadsoft given a example for user.

     

    it also can do more complex, since there maybe many parameter of a ulp, so every button on toolbar can have pull-down menu for different parameter of a ulp.

  • in reply to huayuliang

    As I learned now, EAGLE users are not able to add a single line of text to EAGLE.SCR and they are not able to type HELP MENU to get a description of what it does and how it works. I doubt that they will be able to open an INI file with the text editor then.

     

    However, you have a customizable toolbar right now. All you need to do is adding the MENU command to EAGLE.SCR (so that the toolbar can be constructed when opening the board editor) Why don't you give it a try? OK, you don't have pull-down menus...