Altium Designer Documentation
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((Library Query Functions))_AD
Library Query((Components))_AD
Query_Lang-LibraryFunctions_Components_DesignatorDesignator_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
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Parent page: Library Query Functions - Components
Summary
Returns all components whose Designator property complies with the Query.
Syntax
Designator : String
Example Usage
Designator = 'U2'
Returns all components whose Designator property is U2.
Designator Like '*Channel*'
Returns all components whose Designator property includes Channel.
Designator <> 'C*'
Returns all components except those whose Designator property starts with C.
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.