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The Read Into Current Button: Read In Data from Another Cell

The purpose of this command is to copy the electrical or physical part of another cell into the present cell. If in physical mode, only the physical part is copied, and similar for electrical mode. This command is useful for merging data if a physical layout and electrical schematic exist in separate cells.

The target for the copy is always the cell shown in the main window. After pressing Read Into Current, the user is prompted for the name of a cell or file to use as input. If the name entered matches a cell in memory, the copy is performed and the command exits. Otherwise, the name is expected to be a file. If the file exists, the internal symbol table context is switched and the file is opened with an empty temporary symbol table. The file can be an Xic cell, or an archive file. If the top level cell in the hierarchy matches the name of the current cell or the file contains only one cell, the copy is performed, otherwise the user is prompted for the name of a cell in the hierarchy to copy. The user can bring up the Cells Listing panel (from the File Menu) to see a listing. After using cut/paste or typing the name of a cell at the prompt, the copy is performed, the temporary symbol table and its contents are destroyed, and the command exits.

There is no undo capability for this operation.


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Stephen R. Whiteley 2006-10-23