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Virtuoso Studio Design Environment SKILL Reference
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

dbAbutIsInteractive

dbAbutIsInteractive(
)
=> t / nil

Description

This function is used by user-defined abutment functions. It indicates if the call to the abutment function was triggered by an interactive action.

Arguments

None

Value Returned

t

Returns t if the abutment being called is interactive.

nil

Returns nil if the abutment being called is not interactive.

Examples

Following abutment function uses the dbAbutIsInteractive SKILL function:

userAbutFunction(
     ...
     case 1: ...
     case 2: ;; this is where abutment happens
             ...
             dbAbutIsInteractive()
     ...
   )

The SKILL function returns t if the abutment is triggered by an interactive action such as a move command. It returns nil if the abutment is triggered by a non-interactive action such as chaining.

Related Topics

Pcell Abutment Support Functions

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