LibraryName

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Parent page: Library Query Functions - All

Summary

Returns all components, or footprints, whose parent library name complies with the Query.

Syntax

LibraryName : String

Example Usage

LibraryName = 'Miscellaneous Devices.SchLib'
Returns all components whose parent library is Miscellaneous Devices.SchLib.

LibraryName Like 'Miscellaneous*.IntLib'
Returns all components, or footprints, whose parent library name starts with Miscellaneous and ends with .IntLib.

LibraryName Like '*Vishay*'
Returns all components whose parent library name contains Vishay.

Tips

  1. The entities returned - Components or Footprints - depends on the chosen scope, defined using the Search in field in the File Libraries Search dialog.
  2. When searching components, all SchLib, IntLib and DbLib libraries - available, or along a defined search path - will be interrogated. When searching footprints, all PcbLib and IntLib libraries will be interrogated.
  3. All results are listed in the Query Results listing, back in the Components panel.
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