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PsimCreateNewElement

Usage​

psim.PsimCreateNewElement();

Python Help​

py.help(psim.PsimCreateNewElement)

Python def​

 def PsimCreateNewElement(self, SchematicObj, szType, szName, **kwargs):
        if not self.IsValid():
            print("PSIM object was not loaded.")
            return None;
        schHandle = 0
        if isinstance(SchematicObj, PSIM_schematic):
            schHandle = SchematicObj.value
        else:
            return -1

        szVarName_ValuePairs = ""
        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            szVarName_ValuePairs += key + "=" + str(value) + "\n"
        #  ".FILE"   "File Contents" can not be added with this function. Use PsimSetElmValue2 instead

        PsimCreateNewElement2 = getattr(self.psimHandle, "PsimCreateNewElementW2")
        if not PsimCreateNewElement2:
            raise AttributeError(self.VersionErrorMessage)

        PsimCreateNewElement2.argtypes = [ctypes.c_int, ctypes.c_wchar_p, ctypes.c_wchar_p, ctypes.c_wchar_p, ctypes.c_wchar_p]
        PsimCreateNewElement2.restype = ctypes.c_int
        #int PsimCreateNewElementW2(int nID, const wchar_t* szType, const wchar_t* szName, const wchar_t* szVarName_ValuePairs, wchar_t* szErrorMessage)

        ptrErrorMessage = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(1010)

        res = PsimCreateNewElement2(ctypes.c_int(schHandle), ctypes.c_wchar_p(szType), ctypes.c_wchar_p(szName), ctypes.c_wchar_p(szVarName_ValuePairs), ptrErrorMessage);  #returns -1 on error
        szErr = ptrErrorMessage.value;
        if res == -1:
            print("Unable to create element. Type:" + szType + "  Name:" + szName + "\n")
            print(szErr);
        return res;