saving custom data into artist states?

[S. Badel]

Is there a way i can save additional data in an artist state,
I mean a clean way without hacking anything ?

I'd like to implement an extension to artist and would like
the data to be saved when one uses 'save state', and retrieved
when 'load state'.

I noticed tools like parametric analysis or monte-carlo do have
their own saving mechanism (not practical), moreover
i couldn't find anything in the documentation. The only way I'm
thinking of is to Hack the sevSaveState() procedure, or the
Save State menu item.

Thanks,

Stéphane

 

[Andrew Beckett]

I don't think there's any public way of doing this - sorry!

There are some PCRs to unify the things that aren't part of the main states
(like Monte Carlo and Parametric analysis) - but it's not been done yet.
Perhaps when that happens an API might be added? (wild speculation on
my part - don't take that as fact)

Andrew.

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:15:37 +0200, "S. Badel" <stephane.badel@epfl.ch> wrote:

Is there a way i can save additional data in an artist state,
I mean a clean way without hacking anything ?

I'd like to implement an extension to artist and would like
the data to be saved when one uses 'save state', and retrieved
when 'load state'.

I noticed tools like parametric analysis or monte-carlo do have
their own saving mechanism (not practical), moreover
i couldn't find anything in the documentation. The only way I'm
thinking of is to Hack the sevSaveState() procedure, or the
Save State menu item.

Thanks,

Stéphane

--
Andrew Beckett
Senior Technical Leader
Custom IC Solutions
Cadence Design Systems Ltd

 

[Erik Wanta]

Stéphane:
We have done the hack you describe. The code below saves artist
states as cell views allowing for DM software to check in/out. I also
improved on the parametric and optization load/save state functions.
It would be nice if Cadence would adopt this as it has greatly
improved our ability to repeat simulations. I also wrote a similar
functionality for assura states so that they could be saved as cell
views.

;---------- start of data.reg file -------
;;//
;;//
;;DataFormat artistStates {
;; Pattern = artist.sim; // Name of the file holding
the actual design data
;; Default_Editor = artistStates; // The program used to
view the data
;; Co_Managed = *.state artist.sim master.tag;
;;}

;; Register the state application if not previously registered
when(!deViewTypeIsRegistered("artistStates")

;register the artist states view
deRegApp(
?appName "artistStates"
?appTrigger 'artist_stateAppTrig ; Dummy function
?dataTrigger 'artist_stateDataTrig
?enableTrigger 'artist_stateEnableTrig ; Dummy function
?viewType "artistStates"
?widgetType "none"
)
) ; when

;overload aaAddEventCB to overload state functions after artist is up
when((getd('aaAddEventCB)&&(!boundp('MOTOaaAddEventCB)))

;get pointer to original function aaAddEventCB
MOTOaaAddEventCB=getd('aaAddEventCB)

;; Set to debug mode so that the original functions can be
overloaded
sstatus(debugMode t)

;overload aaAddEventCB
procedure(aaAddEventCB(@rest argList)
prog(()

;overload original artist states functions after analog artist
is up
when((getd('sevLoadState)&&(!boundp('MOTOsevLoadState)))
;overload original artist states functions
MOTOsevStateWrapper()
)

;try to overload optimization state functions
MOTOoptimStateWrapper()

;try to overload parametric state functions
MOTOparaStateWrapper()

;; always call the original function
apply(MOTOaaAddEventCB argList)

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure aaAddEventCB

;; turn debugMode off
sstatus(debugMode nil)

) ; when

;overload optimization state functions
procedure(MOTOoptimStateWrapper()
prog(()

when((getd('ohiLoadState)&&(!boundp('MOTOohiLoadState)))
MOTOohiLoadState=getd('ohiLoadState)

sstatus(debugMode t)

;overload ohiLoadState
procedure(ohiLoadState(opt_session)
prog((cv)

;get the design cell view
cv=asiGetTopCellView(sevEnvironment(opt_session))

;create all the cell directories for the library
MOTOcreateArtistCellStateDirs(cv~>libName
opt_session~>sevSimSession)

;copy states from the state cell view to the default state
save dir
MOTOcopyStatesFromCell(cv~>libName cv~>cellName
opt_session~>sevSimSession)

;; Call the original load state procedure.
apply(MOTOohiLoadState list(opt_session))

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure ohiLoadState

sstatus(debugMode nil)

) ; when

return(t)
) ; prog
) ; procedure MOTOoptimStateWrapper

;overload parametric state functions
procedure(MOTOparaStateWrapper()
prog(()

when((getd('apaSaveCB)&&(!boundp('MOTOapaSaveCB)))

MOTOapaSaveCB=getd('apaSaveCB)
;MOTOapaRecallCB=getd('apaRecallCB)

sstatus(debugMode t)

;overload apaSaveCB
procedure(apaSaveCB(window)
prog((asi_session paras)

;get artist session
asi_session=_apaGetSimSessionObj(window)

;create parametric save state form
hiCreateAppForm(
?name 'paras
?formTitle "Parametric Analysis Save"
?buttonLayout 'OKCancel
?callback "MOTOsaveStateParam(paras)"
?fields list(
hiCreateStringField(
?name 'state_name
?prompt "Save As"
?defValue "state1"
)
)
) ; hiCreateAppForm

;hide session and window in form
paras->asi_session=asi_session
paras->window=window

;display form
hiDisplayForm(paras)

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure apaSaveCB

;overload apaRecallCB
procedure(apaRecallCB(window)
prog((asi_session cv paral)

;get artist session
asi_session=_apaGetSimSessionObj(window)

;get the design cell view
cv=asiGetTopCellView(asi_session)

;create parametric load state form
hiCreateAppForm(
?name 'paral
?formTitle "Parametric Analysis Load"
?buttonLayout 'OKCancel
?callback "MOTOloadStateParam(paral)"
?fields list(
hiCreateCyclicField(
?name 'lib
?prompt "Library"
?choices ddGetLibList()~>name
?defValue cv~>lib~>name
?callback "MOTOsetParamCells(paral)"
)

hiCreateCyclicField(
?name 'cell
?prompt "Cell"
?choices cv~>lib~>cells~>name
?defValue cv~>cell~>name
?callback "MOTOsetParamSimandStates(paral)"
)

hiCreateCyclicField(
?name 'sim
?prompt "Simulator"
?choices asiGetSimulatorList()
?defValue asiGetSimName(asi_session)
?callback "MOTOsetParamStates(paral)"
)

hiCreateListBoxField(
?name 'state
?prompt "States"
?choices list("")
)
)
) ; hiCreateAppForm

;save session simulator in form
paral->simulator=asiGetSimName(asi_session)
paral->window=window

;set simulator and states list
MOTOsetParamSimandStates(paral)

;display load parametric states form
hiDisplayForm(paral)

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure apaRecallCB

sstatus(debugMode nil)

) ; when

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure MOTOparaStateWrapper

;set the cells with parametric states in load form
procedure(MOTOsetParamCells(paral)
prog(()

;set cells
paral->cell->choices=ddGetObj(paral->lib->value)~>cells~>name

;set simulators and states list
MOTOsetParamSimandStates(paral)

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure

;set the simulator list and state list
procedure(MOTOsetParamSimandStates(paral)
prog((cellId simList simName)

;get cellId
cellId=ddGetObj(paral->lib->value paral->cell->value)

;initialize simList
simList=list(paral->sim->value)

foreach(viewId cellId~>views

;when parametric state
when(member("param.state" viewId~>files~>name)

;get simulator name
simName=nth(1 parseString(viewId~>name "_"))

;add simulator to simulator list if not there already
when(!member(simName simList)
simList=cons(simName simList)
) ; when
) ; when
) ; foreach

;set simulator choices
paral->sim->choices=simList

;set simulator
paral->sim->value=paral->simulator

;set states list
MOTOsetParamStates(paral)

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure

;set the parametric state list
procedure(MOTOsetParamStates(paral)
prog((cellId states simName stateName)

;get cellId
cellId=ddGetObj(paral->lib->value paral->cell->value)

;initialize states list
states=nil

foreach(viewId cellId~>views
when(member("param.state" viewId~>files~>name)

;get state simulator name
simName=nth(1 parseString(viewId~>name "_"))

;get state name
stateName=buildString(tail(tail(parseString(viewId~>name
"_"))) "_")

;add state to state list if simulator matches simulator in
form
when(paral->sim->value==simName
states=cons(stateName states)
) ; when
) ; when
) ; foreach

;set the states list
paral->state->choices=states

return(t)
) ; prog
) ; procedure

;save parametric state
procedure(MOTOsaveStateParam(form)
prog((cv simName stateName viewName viewId dfIIStateDir)

;get the design cell view
cv=asiGetTopCellView(form->asi_session)

;get simulator name
simName=asiGetSimName(form->asi_session)

;get state name
stateName=form->state_name->value

;; Create the view name to be used.
viewName=strcat("state_" simName "_" stateName)

;determine if view already exists
;get view Id
viewId=ddGetObj(cv~>libName cv~>cellName viewName "artist.sim")

;view doesn't exist, therefore create view
when(!viewId
;create view
viewId=ddGetObj(cv~>libName cv~>cellName viewName "artist.sim"
nil "w" )
) ; when!

when(!viewId~>isWritable
;checkout call
ddAutoCheckout(viewId)
) ; when !writable

;checkout failed, error out
when(!viewId~>isWritable
error("View could not be opened for edit.")
) ; when checkout failed

;base cell view directory
dfIIStateDir=strcat("/" buildString(remove("artist.sim"
parseString(ddGetObjWritePath(viewId) "/")) "/"))

;create state in cell view
apaSave(form->window strcat(dfIIStateDir "/param.state"))

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure MOTOsaveStateParam

;load parametric state
procedure(MOTOloadStateParam(form)
prog((viewName viewId para_state_file)

if(car(form->state->value) then
;get view name
viewName=strcat("state_" form->sim->value "_"
car(form->state->value))
else
error("no state selected")
) ; if

;get viewId
viewId=ddGetObj(form->lib->value form->cell->value viewName)

when(viewId
;get parametric state file
para_state_file=strcat(ddGetObjReadPath(viewId)
"/param.state")

if(isFile(para_state_file) then
;create state in cell view
apaRecall(form->window para_state_file)
else
error("state file doesn't exist")
) ; if
) ; when

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure MOTOloadStateParam

;overload original state functions
procedure(MOTOsevStateWrapper()
prog(()

when(!boundp('MOTOsevLoadState)

/*
;one would think they could just load simui.cxt,
optimization.cxt, and
;paraplot.cxt and then overload the appropriate functions. This
is not
;the case which requires the overloading to take place later.
See the
;overloading of aaAddEventCB kludge above.

;load original artist UI functions so that they can be
overloaded
when(isFile(prependInstallPath("etc/context/simui.cxt"))
when(!isContextLoaded(prependInstallPath("etc/context/simui.cxt"))
loadContext(prependInstallPath("etc/context/simui.cxt"))
loadContext(prependInstallPath("etc/context/optimization.cxt"))
loadContext(prependInstallPath("etc/context/paraplot.cxt"))
) ; ** when !isContextLoaded
) ;
*/

;; Get pointers to the original functions and store in global
variables.
MOTOsevLoadState=getd('sevLoadState)
MOTOsevLoadStateFromForm=getd('sevLoadStateFromForm)
MOTOsevSaveStateFromForm=getd('sevSaveStateFromForm)
MOTOsevUpdateLoadStateForm=getd('sevUpdateLoadStateForm)

;; Set to debug mode so that the original functions can be
overloaded
sstatus(debugMode t)

;overload sevLoadState
procedure(sevLoadState(sev_session)
prog((cv)

when(sev_session

;get the design cell view
cv=asiGetTopCellView(sevEnvironment(sev_session))

;create all the cell directories for the library
MOTOcreateArtistCellStateDirs(cv~>libName sev_session)

;copy states from the state cell view to the default state
save dir
MOTOcopyStatesFromCell(cv~>libName cv~>cellName
sev_session)

;; Call the original load state procedure.
apply(MOTOsevLoadState list(sev_session))

) ; when

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure sevLoadState

;overload sevLoadStateFromForm
procedure(sevLoadStateFromForm(sev_session form allComponentDefs
loadComponentFunc)
prog(()

;; Checks the state model file list and prompts if there are
;; differences from what is in system now.
;; No reason to check if the model setup option is turned
off.
when(form->components->modelSetup->value!=nil
MOTOcheckModelFileList(sev_session form)
) ; when

;load artist state
apply(MOTOsevLoadStateFromForm list(sev_session form
allComponentDefs loadComponentFunc))

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure sevLoadStateFromForm

;overload sevSaveStateFromForm
procedure(sevSaveStateFromForm(sev_session form allComponentDefs
parentDir saveComponentFunc)
prog((cv viewName simName stateName defaultSaveDir
defaultStateDir retdd dfIIStateDir viewId)

;;dprint(sev_session form allComponentDefs parentDir
saveComponentFunc)

;get session cell view
cv=asiGetTopCellView(sevEnvironment(sev_session))

;get simulator name
simName=asiGetSimName(sevEnvironment(sev_session))

;optimizer state check
if(parentDir==".asd_optimization" then
;artist states directory
;the optimizer passes the optSession which is different
than the sevSession
defaultSaveDir=MOTOgetStateSaveDir(sev_session~>sevSimSession)
else
;artist states directory
defaultSaveDir=MOTOgetStateSaveDir(sev_session)
)

;get state name
stateName=form->name->value

;; Create the view name to be used.
viewName=strcat("state_" simName "_" stateName)

;determine if view already exists
;get view Id
viewId=ddGetObj(cv~>libName cv~>cellName viewName
"artist.sim")

;view doesn't exist, therefore create view
when(!viewId
;create view
viewId=ddGetObj(cv~>libName cv~>cellName viewName
"artist.sim" nil "w" )
) ; when!

when(!viewId~>isWritable
;checkout call
ddAutoCheckout(viewId)
) ; when

;checkout failed, error out
when(!viewId~>isWritable
error("View could not be opened for edit.")
) ; when

;base cell view directory
dfIIStateDir=strcat("/" buildString(remove("artist.sim"
parseString(ddGetObjWritePath(viewId) "/")) "/"))

;base state directory
defaultStateDir=strcat(defaultSaveDir "/" cv~>libName "/"
cv~>cellName "/" parentDir "/" stateName)

;; Call the original save state procedure to copy the states
to the artist states directory
apply(MOTOsevSaveStateFromForm list(sev_session form
allComponentDefs parentDir saveComponentFunc))

;; Copy states to cell view
if(isDir(defaultStateDir) then

;copy each file to cell view with .state suffix
foreach(fl getDirFiles(defaultStateDir)

when((!isDir(fl) && !rexMatchp("^.nfs*" fl))

;regular and optimizer states both have a file
called variables
;they are different, therefore change the optim file
name
when((fl=="variables" &&
parentDir==".asd_optimization")
fl="variablesoptim"
) ; when

;copy state file to cell view
retdd=shell(sprintf(nil "\\cp %s/%s %s/%s.state"
defaultStateDir fl dfIIStateDir fl))

when(!retdd
warn("Could not copy state to (lib cell view):
(%s %s %s)\n\n From: %s\n" viewId~>lib~>name
viewId~>cell~>name viewId~>view~>name defaultStateDir)
) ; when

) ; when
) ; foreach
) ; if

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure

procedure(sevUpdateLoadStateForm(@rest argList)
prog((changeType sev_session fm cellName libName)

;get the property that the user is changing
changeType=nth(1 argList)

;; only update cells when library change is made.
if(member(changeType list('lib 'cell)) then

;get the sevSession
sev_session=nth(0 argList)

;get the load state form
fm=hiGetCurrentForm()

when(fm

;get the lib name
libName=fm~>lib~>value

when(libName

;get the cell name
cellName=fm~>cell~>value

if(member(changeType list('lib)) then

;; create cell state directories for the library
MOTOcreateArtistCellStateDirs(libName
sev_session)

) ; if

;copy states from cell view to default states
directory
MOTOcopyStatesFromCell(libName cellName sev_session)

) ; when
) ; when

) ; if

;call original function
apply(MOTOsevUpdateLoadStateForm argList)

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure

) ; when

;; unset debug mode
sstatus(debugMode nil)

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure

procedure(MOTOcreateArtistCellStateDirs(libName sev_session)
;; Creates the basic library directories needed.
prog((libId defaultSaveDir cells defaultStateDir)

printf("INFO - Scanning library %s for cells containing artist
states.\n" libName)

;get default artist states directory
defaultSaveDir=MOTOgetStateSaveDir(sev_session)

;get library id
libId=ddGetObj(libName)

;create state library directory if it doesn't exist
when(!isDir(strcat(defaultSaveDir "/" libId~>name))
when(isWritable(strcat(defaultSaveDir "/" libId~>name))
createDir(strcat(defaultSaveDir "/" libId~>name))
) ; when
) ; when

;find all the state cells in the library
cells=setof(cell libId~>cells setof(view cell~>views
substring(view~>name 1 6)=="state_"))

foreach(cellId cells

;get default state directory
defaultStateDir=strcat(defaultSaveDir "/" libId~>name "/"
cellId~>name)

;; See if we need to create the directory
when(!isDir(defaultStateDir)
when(isWritable(defaultSaveDir) && createDir(defaultStateDir)

;; Now we need to create an empty file for some reason
shell(strcat("touch " defaultStateDir "/.sevSaveDir"))
) ; when
) ; when
) ; foreach

printf("Found %d cells with artist states.\n" length(cells))

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure

; Copies all the states from cell view to the state directory.
procedure(MOTOcopyStatesFromCell(libName cellName sev_session)
prog((fileName words simName cellId dfIIStateDir defaultStateDir words
simName stateName warnTxt
retdd time1 time2 printName defaultSaveDir invalidStateViews
regularStateFiles optimStateFiles regularState
optimState stateCount strl)

;get default artist states directory
defaultSaveDir=MOTOgetStateSaveDir(sev_session)

;get cell db id
cellId=ddGetObj(libName cellName)

;regular state file list
regularStateFiles=list("analyses.state" "convergence.state"
"environmentOptions.state" "graphicalStimuli.state"
"modelSetup.state" "outputs.state"
"rfstim.state" "sensList.state" "simulationFiles.state"
"simulatorOptions.state" "spList.state"
"waveformSetup.state" "variables.state")

;optimizer state file list
optimStateFiles=list("algoOptions.state" "envOptions.state"
"objectivesConstraints.state" "plottingOptions.state"
"variablesoptim.state")

;copy all states for the current cell
foreach(viewId cellId~>views

;every state view has an artist.sim file
when(member("artist.sim" viewId~>files~>name)

regularState=nil
optimState=nil
stateCount=0

;determine if an optimizer and or regular state is saved in
the cell view
foreach(file viewId~>files~>name

when(member(file regularStateFiles)
regularState=t
) ; when

when(member(file optimStateFiles)
optimState=t
) ; when
) ; foreach

;update state count
when(regularState || optimState
stateCount++
) ; when

;copy both optimizer and regular state if they both exist
for(i 1 stateCount

;get artist state view directory path
dfIIStateDir=ddGetObjReadPath(viewId)

;convert state name into a list
;0 "state"
;1 simulator name
;2 state name
words=parseString(viewId~>name "_")

;check for valid state name
if(length(words)<3||nth(0 words)!="state" then
invalidStateViews=cons(list(libName cellName
viewId~>name) invalidStateViews)

else

;get simulator name
simName=car(parseString(nth(1 words) "-"))

;Need to change the sim name if it is an optimization
state.
printName=simName

when(((stateCount==1 && optimState) || (i==2))
simName=".asd_optimization"
printName="optimization"
) ; when

;get state name
stateName=buildString(tail(tail(words)) "_")

;get default artist state directory
defaultStateDir=strcat(defaultSaveDir "/" libName "/"
cellName "/" simName "/" stateName)

;; if directory does not exists then create it
when(!isDir(defaultStateDir)

retdd=shell(sprintf(nil "mkdir -p %s"
defaultStateDir))

when(!retdd
warn("Could not create the states directory.
Load state failed.")
warn("%s Will not copy state from (lib
cell view): (%s %s %s)\n\n To: %s\n\n" warnTxt libName
cellName viewId~>name defaultStateDir)
) ; when
) ; when

;copy state from cell view to state directory
when(isDir(defaultStateDir)

when(!isFile(strcat(defaultStateDir "/.sevSaveDir"))
shell(strcat("touch " defaultStateDir
"/.sevSaveDir"))
) ; when

foreach(fl viewId~>files~>name

strl=strlen(fl)

when(strl>6
;remove the .state suffix
fileName=substring(fl 1 (strl-6))

;; Only copy files back that end in .state
when(substring(fl (strl-4))=="state"
time1=fileTimeModified(strcat(dfIIStateDir
"/" fl))

time2=fileTimeModified(strcat(defaultStateDir "/" fileName))

;; copy state if cell view state is newer
than state in save dir
when((time2==nil)||(time1&&(time1>time2))

;print update message
sprintf(nil "INFO-Updating state %s %s
from (lib cell view) (%s %s %s)\n" printName stateName libName
cellName viewId~>name)

;kludge as both a regular and optim
state both have variables files
when(fl=="variablesoptim" &&
((stateCount==1 && optimState) || (i==2))
fl=="variables"
)

;copy state from cellview to default
state directory
retdd=shell(sprintf(nil "\\cp %s/%s
%s/%s" dfIIStateDir fl defaultStateDir fileName))

;unable to copy state to default state
directory
when(!retdd
warn("Could not copy state from (lib
cell view): (%s %s %s)\n To: %s\n" libName cellName
viewId~>name defaultStateDir)
) ; when
) ; when
) ; when
) ; when
) ; foreach
) ; when
) ; if
) ; for
) ; when
) ; foreach

;print warning for invalid state views
when(invalidStateViews

warn("Some State cell view names are invalid.")
warn("This can only happen if the cell has been manually copied
or renamed.")
warn("Please rename the cell to make it accessable.")
warn("The name of a Simulation State cell view must conform to
the following standard:")
warn("state_<simulator name>_<name of state>")
warn("The following cells do not conform to this standard are
not accessable by load state:")

foreach(invalidStateView invalidStateViews
warn("%L" invalidStateView)
) ; foreach

) ; when

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure

;get the saveDir (directory to save artist states)
procedure(MOTOgetStateSaveDir(sev_session)
prog((saveDir)

;Give warning if asimenv saveDir is not set.
;This should never happen as it is set in the CDS installation @
;$CDSHOME/tools/dfII/etc/tools/asimenv/.cdsenv
when(!envGetVal("asimenv" "saveDir")
warn("The default save state directory is not defined, please
check your installation.")
) ; when

;Warning if asimenv saveDir is not the same as sev_session~>saveDir
;Session->Options->Save State Directory sets sev_session~>saveDir
when(sev_session~>saveDir&&envGetVal("asimenv" "saveDir")
when((envGetVal("asimenv" "saveDir")!=sev_session~>saveDir)
warn("Default Save State Directory: %s" envGetVal("asimenv"
"saveDir"))
warn("Session Save State Directory: %s" sev_session~>saveDir)
) ; when

saveDir=sev_session~>saveDir
) ; when

when(!sev_session~>saveDir&&envGetVal("asimenv" "saveDir")
saveDir=envGetVal("asimenv" "saveDir")
) ; when

when(!sev_session~>saveDir&&!envGetVal("asimenv" "saveDir")
error("Can't determine artist save state directory.")
) ; when

return(simplifyFilename(saveDir))
) ; prog
) ; procedure

;The artist state data trigger.
procedure(artist_stateDataTrig(argList)
prog((viewType warnTxt)

;get view type (artistStates)
viewType=argList->viewType

;print warning if viewType is not registered
when(!member(viewType deGetAllViewTypes())

warnTxt=sprintf(nil " WARNING - %s NOT REGISTERED \n\n"
viewType)
warnTxt=strcat(warnTxt " Please verify that you have
registered the viewType.\n")
warnTxt=strcat(warnTxt " There are a predefined set of
locations of data registration\n")
warnTxt=strcat(warnTxt " files based you you
particular installation. Please contact\n")
warnTxt=strcat(warnTxt " you local CAD support or look
up data registration in documentation.\n")

;display warning
hiDisplayAppDBox(?name 'notRegistered
?dboxBanner strcat(viewType " NOT REGISTERED")
?dboxText warnTxt
?buttonLayout 'Close
)
) ; when

;display warning
hiDisplayAppDBox(?name 'useArtist
?dboxBanner "Use Analog Artist"
?dboxText "Use Session->Load State in analog artist to load the
state."
?buttonLayout 'Close
)

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure

;artist states app trigger
procedure(artist_stateAppTrig(@rest argList)
;; Currently nothing is done in this procedure.
;; printf( " INFO - This is the Artist State App Trigger.\n")
t
)

;artist states enable trigger
procedure(artist_stateEnableTrig(@rest argList)
;; Currently nothing is done in this procedure.
;; printf( " INFO - This is the Artist State Enable Trigger.\n")
t
)

; Reads the modelSetup file and returns the model files as a list.
procedure(MOTOreadModelFile(file)
prog((filep rdLine string modelFiles)

when(!isFile(file)
error("unable to open %s" file)
) ; when

;get input file port
filep=infile(file)

;error out if can't open file port
when(!filep
error("unable to open %s" file)
) ; when

string="modelFiles = '"
while(gets(rdLine filep)
string=strcat(string rdLine)
) ; while

loadstring(string)

return(modelFiles)

) ; ** prog **
) ; ** procedure MOTOreadModelFile **

;gives warning if the state model list is different than the
;system defined model list.
procedure(MOTOcheckModelFileList(sev_session form)
prog((cv asi_session simName stateName defaultSaveDir defaultStateDir
modelSetupFile
stateModelList systemModelList diff str ret)

;get artist session
asi_session=sevEnvironment(sev_session)

;get session cell view
cv=asiGetTopCellView(asi_session)

;get simulator name
simName=asiGetSimName(asi_session)

;get state name
stateName=car(form->name->value)

;artist states directory
defaultSaveDir=MOTOgetStateSaveDir(sev_session)

;get default artist state directory
defaultStateDir=strcat(defaultSaveDir "/" cv~>libName "/"
cv~>cellName "/" simName "/" stateName)

;get state defined model file
modelSetupFile=strcat(defaultStateDir "/modelSetup")

;get system defined model list
systemModelList=asiGetEnvOptionVal(asi_session "modelFiles")

when(systemModelList && isFile(modelSetupFile)

;get state defined model list
stateModelList=MOTOreadModelFile(modelSetupFile)

;compare state and system model lists
diff=setof(filex stateModelList member(filex
systemModelList)==nil)

when(diff

str="The model files specified in the artist state\n"
str=strcat(str "do not match the default project model
files.\n\n")
str=strcat(str "Are you sure that you want to load the
artist\n")
str=strcat(str "state model files?")

ret=hiDisplayAppDBox(
?name 'mdiff
?dboxBanner "Model File Discrepancy"
?dboxText str
?dialogType hicQuestionDialog
?buttonLayout 'YesNo
?defaultButton 2
) ; hiDisplayAppDBox

;No, don't load state model files
when(!ret

;; Turn off the from option to load the state model setup
form->components->modelSetup->value=nil
) ; when

) ; when
) ; when

return(t)

) ; prog
) ; procedure


Andrew Beckett <andrewb@DELETETHISBITcadence.com> wrote in message news:<333ub0pooq0nmvc3s1ivdiac6di5fcga3p@4ax.com>...

I don't think there's any public way of doing this - sorry!

There are some PCRs to unify the things that aren't part of the main states
(like Monte Carlo and Parametric analysis) - but it's not been done yet.
Perhaps when that happens an API might be added? (wild speculation on
my part - don't take that as fact)

Andrew.

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:15:37 +0200, "S. Badel" <stephane.badel@epfl.ch> wrote:

Is there a way i can save additional data in an artist state,
I mean a clean way without hacking anything ?

I'd like to implement an extension to artist and would like
the data to be saved when one uses 'save state', and retrieved
when 'load state'.

I noticed tools like parametric analysis or monte-carlo do have
their own saving mechanism (not practical), moreover
i couldn't find anything in the documentation. The only way I'm
thinking of is to Hack the sevSaveState() procedure, or the
Save State menu item.

Thanks,

Stéphane