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Virtuoso Layout Suite SKILL Reference
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

rdeSource

rdeSource(
t_fileName
[ g_openCurrentDesign ]
[ s_doCheckPoint ]
) ;
=> t / nil

Description

This function sources the Tcl expression that is supplied. There are arguments to open the current design and also perform a checkpoint once the Tcl file has been sourced.

Arguments

t_fileName

The name of the file to be executed.

g_openCurrentDesign

Allows you to load the current geWindow design in Virtuoso Routing IDE environment. This argument can be set to t or nil. By default, the option is set to t. If this option is set to nil, then the current geWindow design will not be loaded.

s_doCheckPoint

Performs an automatic checkpoint of the design data unless this argument is supplied and set to ‘nil’. This argument can be set to t or nil. By default, it is set to t.

Value Returned

t

Returns t if the Virtuoso Routing IDE environment is initiated.

nil

Returns nil if the supplied Tcl script file is not found.

Examples

The following example opens the current design, sources the Tcl file test.tcl and does an automatic check.

rdeSource("test.tcl" t t)

Related Topics

Space-based Router Functions


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