{"id":241,"date":"2022-10-10T10:37:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T08:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.pcbinvestigator.de\/en\/?page_id=241"},"modified":"2022-10-10T13:48:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:48:49","slug":"how-to-find-variants-in-odb","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pcb-investigator.com\/en\/support\/help-center\/how-to-instructions\/how-to-find-variants-in-odb\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find variants in ODB++"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some ODB++ jobs have different variants for components. An easy way to find the variants is to check all attributes and list them in an overview dictionary, here is the code for a class who handles variants over strings. You have a list with all variants, it is possible to save the variant names and load them from a file. In the example there are two standard values included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find the variants, you have to call CreateVariantList and get the dictionary with all variants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the solution file as ZIP: Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

using PCBI.Automation;\nusing System;\nusing System.Collections;\nusing System.Collections.Generic;\nusing System.IO;\nusing System.Linq;\nusing System.Text;\nusing System.Xml;\nusing System.Xml.Serialization;\n \nnamespace PCBVariantReport\n{\n  public class VariantXMLClass\n  {\n    \/\/list who contains all variant names\n    public List<string> VariantenTable = new List<string>() { \"VARIANT_INSTANCE\", \"comp_variant_list\" };\n \n    \/\/\/ <summary>\n    \/\/\/ The list is saved as simple xml and its possible to load it with an XmlSerializer.\n    \/\/\/ <\/summary>\n    \/\/\/ <param name=\"fullpath\">The file path + filename<\/param>\n    \/\/\/ <returns>ture if new list is loaded<\/returns>\n    internal bool LoadList(string fullpath)\n    {\n      if (!File.Exists(fullpath))\n        return false;\n \n      XmlSerializer x = new XmlSerializer(typeof(VariantXMLClass));\n      FileStream fs = null;\n      try\n      {\n        using (fs = new FileStream(fullpath, FileMode.Open))\n        {\n          XmlReader reader = new XmlTextReader(fs);\n          VariantXMLClass mainJobEntries = (VariantXMLClass)x.Deserialize(reader);\n \n          \/\/add the loaded names to the standards, this can be change to replace if standard values not interesting\n          this.VariantenTable.AddRange( mainJobEntries.VariantenTable);\n \n          fs.Close();\n        }\n        return true;\n      }\n      catch (Exception ex)\n      {\n        Console.WriteLine(\"Error wihle loading xml \"+ex.ToString());\n        if (fs != null) \/\/get sure to close the files stream\n          fs.Close();\n \n        return false;\n      }\n    }\n    \/\/\/ <summary>\n    \/\/\/ Save custom setting of list, this is necessary if you have special attributes for variants.\n    \/\/\/ <\/summary>\n    \/\/\/ <param name=\"filename\"><\/param>\n    internal void SaveFileEntries(string filename)\n    {\n      try\n      {\n        XmlSerializer x = new XmlSerializer(typeof(VariantXMLClass));\n        TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename);\n        x.Serialize(writer, this);\n \n        writer.Close();\n      }\n      catch (Exception ex)\n      {\n        Console.WriteLine(\"Error while saving xml file \" + ex.ToString());\n      }\n    }\n    \/\/\/ <summary>\n    \/\/\/ Check the complete step and sort variants in the list.\n    \/\/\/ <\/summary>\n    \/\/\/ <param name=\"parent\">the current PCBI Window<\/param>\n    \/\/\/ <returns>a list of variants for both component layers<\/returns>\n    internal Dictionary<string, VariantOverview> CreateVariantList(IPCBIWindow parent)\n    {\n      Dictionary<string, VariantOverview> PartList = new Dictionary<string, VariantOverview>();\n      IStep step = parent.GetCurrentStep(); \/\/can be changed for all steps\n      if (step == null) return null;\n \n      ICMPLayer topLayer = step.GetCMPLayer(true);\n      ICMPLayer botLayer = step.GetCMPLayer(false);\n      if (topLayer != null)\n      {\n        AddCMPsForOneLayer(PartList, topLayer);\n      }\n      if (botLayer != null)\n      {\n        AddCMPsForOneLayer(PartList, botLayer);\n      }\n      return PartList;\n    }\n    \/\/\/ <summary>\n    \/\/\/ The actions for one cmp layer.\n    \/\/\/ <\/summary>\n    \/\/\/ <param name=\"PartList\">List for variants<\/param>\n    \/\/\/ <param name=\"relCMPLayer\">the relevant component layer<\/param>\n    private void AddCMPsForOneLayer(Dictionary<string, VariantOverview> PartList, ICMPLayer relCMPLayer)\n    {\n      foreach (ICMPObject cmp in relCMPLayer.GetAllLayerObjects())\n      {\n        Hashtable attribs = cmp.GetComponentAttributeHashtable(); \/\/get attributes\n        bool added = false;\n        foreach (string variant in VariantenTable)\n        {\n          if (attribs.ContainsKey(variant)) \/\/check the variant is included?\n          {\n            #region variant element\n            VariantOverview overview;\n            if (!PartList.ContainsKey(variant))\n            {\n              overview = new VariantOverview();\n              overview.Variant = variant;\n              PartList.Add(variant, overview);\n            }\n            else\n              overview = PartList[variant];\n \n            \/\/add to the correct list\n            if (overview.VariantValueAndList.ContainsKey((string)attribs[variant]))\n              overview.VariantValueAndList[(string)attribs[variant]].Add(cmp);\n            else\n              overview.VariantValueAndList.Add((string)attribs[variant], new List<ICMPObject>() { cmp });\n \n            added = true; \/\/maybe there is no variant\n            #endregion\n          }\n        }\n        if (!added) \/\/all cmps without variant\n        {\n          #region no variant\n          string noVariant = \"no variant\";\n          if (!PartList.ContainsKey(noVariant))\n            PartList.Add(noVariant, new VariantOverview() { Variant = noVariant });\n \n          if (PartList[noVariant].VariantValueAndList.ContainsKey(noVariant))\n            PartList[noVariant].VariantValueAndList[noVariant].Add(cmp);\n          else\n            PartList[noVariant].VariantValueAndList.Add(noVariant, new List<ICMPObject>() { cmp });\n          #endregion\n        }\n      }\n    }\n    \/\/\/ <summary>\n    \/\/\/ we have a simple class to sort the variants with lists\n    \/\/\/ <\/summary>\n    internal class VariantOverview\n    {\n      public string Variant = \"\";\n      public Dictionary<string, List<ICMPObject>> VariantValueAndList = new Dictionary<string, List<ICMPObject>>();\n    }\n  }\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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