PropValues2

Returns a property value for instances identified by arguments 3 and 4.

This function replaces PropValues. Its behaviour is similar but the arguments have been rearranged and its behaviour in the event of no instance match is different and more convenient.

Arguments

Argument 1

Property whose value is to be returned.

Argument 2

First element is a schematic handle as returned by the function OpenSchematic. This allows this function to be used with a schematic that is not open or not currently selected. If equal to -1, the currently selected schematic will be used.

A second element may be supplied and if non-zero, the results will be sorted by location. Otherwise they will not be sorted.

Argument 3

Along with argument 4, if present these arguments identify the instances to be examined. If only argument 2 is specified then all instances on the specified schematic that possess that property will be used. If argument 3 is also present then the instance name and value must match argument 2 and 3 respectively. If neither are present the selected instances will be used.

Argument 4

See argument 3.

Returns

Return type: string array

The function returns a string array of length equal to the number of instances identified by arguments 2 and 3. Each element will hold a value for the property specified in argument 1.

Note that this function is analogous to the functions PropFlags2 and SymbolNames and for identical values of arguments 3 and 4 will return an array of the same length and in the same order.

The function will return an empty vector if no instances match arguments 3 and 4. This differs from PropValues which returns an empty string in this situation. The behaviour of PropValues2 is much more convenient and it is recommended that this is used in all new scripts.

PropValues2 will also return an empty vector if the specified schematic could not be found.