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Form Functions

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This topic provides a list of Cadence^® SKILL functions associated with forms.

The SKILL functions that let you manage requirements in the forms can be broadly classified in the following categories:

• hiLayout Form Functions
• Form and Field Functions

To access form and field data through SKILL, the “—>” operator is supported. This may be used to access (read only) the following data (where applicable) from:

forms:    hiFormSym
fieldList
_formType 
_doneAction 
font
dialogStyle

form fields:    hiFieldSym
prompt
value
lastValue
defValue
fieldType
choices
modified

Do not create fields with any of these symbol names, as this can cause a conflict in the form creation.

The following field data may be set through formHandle->fieldHandle.

value

defValue

For example:

hiFormHandle->hiFieldHandle->value = newValue 

The new settings are immediately reflected in the appearance of the form.

In the above examples, the formHandle and fieldHandle symbols reference data in the form. They are the SKILL symbols that were specified as arguments to hiCreateAppForm() and hiCreate...Field.

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