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Creating a Layer properties file
All my mask info is in a MSAccess database. I’m trying via Access VB to create a Layout.lyp file with all the <name> and <source> (and <frame-color>, etc…) info. KLayout won’t read my Layout.lyp file. I get the error:
"XML parser error: error occurred while parsing element in line 1, column 1"
Although the file (with notepad) look just like a .lyp file saved from Klayout. Any idea why? I tried to use MSXML2.DOMDocument and just plain OPEN for Output method but I’m kind of lost.
Thx,
Louis cliche
"XML parser error: error occurred while parsing element in line 1, column 1"
Although the file (with notepad) look just like a .lyp file saved from Klayout. Any idea why? I tried to use MSXML2.DOMDocument and just plain OPEN for Output method but I’m kind of lost.
Thx,
Louis cliche
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Hi Louis,
I think that is the issue we clarified by mail :-)
To all other readers: this was the culprit:
the correct specification has to contain a numeric value after the slash for the datatype.
Matthias
Is possible to add in the Layer Properties File (.lyp) a line specifying the color of the background for a technology ?
I know we can change it through the Setup / Display / Background menu, but it would be more convenient with the .lyp file.
The reason is that when I read PCB or DXF file, I prefer a white background. But I read a GDS, I prefer a black background, as Cadence Virtuoso.
Thanks, Best regards,
OkGuy
Hi OkGuy,
that is actually a nice idea, but right now it's not possible. The background color is a global configuration and that happens elsewhere, not in the .lyp file.
It's possible however to create a script that sets both the background color and the .lyp file.
Regards,
Matthias