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((Library Query Functions))_AD
Library Query((Components))_AD
Query_Lang-LibraryFunctions_Components_ComponentTypeComponentType_AD
Created: März 24, 2016 | Updated: August 13, 2021
| Applies to versions: 15.1, 16.0, 16.1, 17.0, 17.1, 18.0 and 18.1
Now reading version 18.1. For the latest, read: Query_Lang-LibraryFunctions_Components_ComponentType((ComponentType))_AD for version 21
Parent page: Library Query Functions - Components
Summary
Returns all components whose Component Type property complies with the Query.
Syntax
ComponentType = ComponentType_String
ComponentType_String must be one of the strings from the following list:
- 'Graphical'
- 'Jumper'
- 'Mechanical'
- 'Net Tie'
- 'Net Tie (In BOM)'
- 'Standard'
- 'Standard (No BOM)'
Example Usage
ComponentType = 'Graphical'
Returns all components whose Component Type is Graphical.
ComponentType = 'Standard'
Returns all components whose Component Type is Standard.
Tips
- Ensure that the scope of the search is set to Components, using the Search in field in the Libraries Search dialog.
- When searching components, all SchLib and IntLib libraries - available, or along a defined search path - will be interrogated.
- All results are listed in the Query Results listing, back in the Libraries panel.
- The single quote characters (') at the start and end of
ComponentType_Stringare mandatory.