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Library Query Functions
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SourceLibraryName
Created: March 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 - All
Summary
Returns all components, or footprints, whose parent source library name complies with the Query.
Syntax
SourceLibraryName : String
Example Usage
SourceLibraryName = 'Miscellaneous Devices.SchLib'
Returns all components whose parent source library is Miscellaneous Devices.SchLib.
SourceLibraryName = 'Miscellaneous Devices.PcbLib '
Returns all footprints whose parent source library is Miscellaneous Devices.PcbLib.
Tips
- The entities returned - Components or Footprints - depends on the chosen scope, defined using the Search in field in the Libraries Search dialog.
- When searching components, only source schematic libraries - available, or along a defined search path - will be interrogated. When searching footprints, only PCB libraries will be interrogated.
- All results are listed in the Query Results listing, back in the Libraries panel.