SKILL Q: from ddViewType to "cellView"

[Edward]

I'm using ddGetObj on a view to get a ddViewType database object. But
I want to use information *inside* the view to guide a SKILL script.
Specifically I'm looking to get to cellView~>instances information
without actually opening the view for edit.

In short, what is the bread trail from ddViewType to instances?

e.g. ddViewType~>{...~>?...~>?...}~>cellView~>instances

I'm using the instance information to guide a hiearchical delete
command.

 

[andrewb]

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:52:08 -0800 (PST), Edward
<edward.dodge@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm using ddGetObj on a view to get a ddViewType database object. But
I want to use information *inside* the view to guide a SKILL script.
Specifically I'm looking to get to cellView~>instances information
without actually opening the view for edit.

In short, what is the bread trail from ddViewType to instances?

e.g. ddViewType~>{...~>?...~>?...}~>cellView~>instances

I'm using the instance information to guide a hiearchical delete
command.

You'll need to do a dbOpenCellViewByType() to open the cellView ID and
then you can get to the instances.

Or you can use the pcdb.* SKILL functions to retrieve information
about the child cellViews used within a cellView (comes from the
"pc.db" file in CDB, or directly from the database in OA).

Regards,

Andrew.