makeLabel.ulp

#usage "en: <b>Create a polygon based label using SparkFun's Buzzard system."
"<p>Usage: run makeLabel</p>"
    "<p>Author: <author>Nathan Seidle</author><br />"
    "Version: <em>1.0</em></p>"

    /*

    run C:\Dropbox\Projects\Buzzard\makelabel.ulp C:/Dropbox/Projects/Buzzard/text.svg -s 300


*/

    string commandToRun;
string s;

//Change any / in a string to \
//Useful for directory structure before calling a cmd
string convertForwardToBackSlashes(string thing)
{
    //Convert forward slashes to back slashes so we can run system command
    int pos = strrchr(thing, '/');
    while (pos >= 0)
    {
        //thing = strsub(thing, 0, pos) + "\\\\" + strsub(thing, pos + 1, strlen(thing)); //Remove and replace
        thing = strsub(thing, 0, pos) + "\\" + strsub(thing, pos + 1, strlen(thing)); //Remove and replace
        pos = strrchr(thing, '/');                                                    //Look for the next forward slash
    }
    return (thing);
}

string getProjectPath()
{
    if (board)
        board(B) return (filedir(B.name));
    if (schematic)
        schematic(B) return (filedir(B.name));
}

//add *@C:\Users\natha\Dropbox\Projects\Buzzard\output.lbr
//If there is one item in lib, it will mouse populate
//If there is more than one, a tree will be presented to use

void createLabel()
{
    //Convert forward slashes to back slashes so we can run system commands
    string localDirectory = convertForwardToBackSlashes(filedir(argv[0]));

    string commandToRun = "cmd.exe /C echo Relax. This can take a minute..."; //This is the start of the command. /C = close window
    //string commandToRun = "cmd.exe /K echo Relax. This can take a minute..."; //This is the start of the command. /C = close window

    commandToRun += " & echo Generating labels";

    //Convert the arguments into a single string so we can pass it along to the python script
    string argList = "";
    for (int x = 1; x < argc; x++)
        argList += argv[x] + " ";

    sprintf(s, "python \"%sbuzzard.py\" -o lib %s", localDirectory, argList);
    commandToRun += " & " + s;

    //dlgMessageBox(commandToRun);
    if (system(commandToRun) != 0)
    {
        dlgMessageBox("Error: Command failed.", "OK");
        exit(-1);
    }

    //Python script should create a EAGLE friendly library file. Now run it.
    sprintf(s, "ADD '*@%s/output.lbr'", localDirectory);
    exit(s);
}

if (board)
{
    createLabel();
}
else
{
    dlgMessageBox("Run this ULP from a board");
}