oa equivalent to ilInst~>cellView~>instancesLastChanged

[RL]

Is there an equivalent open-access version of
ilInst~>cellView~>instancesLastChanged ?

I'm trying to get a date stamp on my schematic everytime I check and
save but have not been able to do so with Cadence's open-access
database.
Thanks,
Richard

 

[Andrew Beckett]

RL wrote, on 12/04/09 18:45:

Is there an equivalent open-access version of
ilInst~>cellView~>instancesLastChanged ?

I'm trying to get a date stamp on my schematic everytime I check and
save but have not been able to do so with Cadence's open-access
database.
Thanks,
Richard

Why do you need a date stamp? OA works with "counters" rather than date stamps.
This is for two reasons (mainly):

1. getting the clock is a relatively expensive operation (especially when you
need to do it for every single database operation)
2. Previously there was only 1 second resolution - and an awful lot can change
in 1 second on modern computers!

You can get the time of last save by doing cellViewId~>fileTimeStamp

Regards,

Andrew.