Application_AfterAnnotateComponent Event

Scope: Schematic editor

Object:

Prerequisites: None

The Application_AfterAnnotateComponent event is used in a DataBook script to make direct changes to the component on a schematic.

Usage

Sub Application_AfterAnnotateComponent (ByVal component As Component)

Arguments

component: Component. The component that was just annotated in the schematic.

Description

Applies to the Components object (see Components Object) and is called by the script after annotating a component on the schematic.

Examples

This event handler resets the slot of a component after it is annotated and reports the UID and count.

Function Application_AfterAnnotateComponent(component) 
   ''' 
   ''' Hook up to running Xpedition Designer 
   Set view = Viewdraw.ActiveView 
   ''' A loop is needed since more than once component might be
   ''' annotated  
	Set CompInst = component.Instances 
	' Count example 
	CompInstCount = CompInst.count 
	MsgBox CompInstCount,,"Instance Count" 
     For Each name In CompInst 
       '' Select the component 
       view.SelectByName name 
       '' Reset slot and REFDES 
       Viewdraw.ExecuteCommand "pdbslot 3 No" 
       MsgBox "Reset slot for " & name,,"Change Slot Message" 
     Next 
End Function