Messages Cross Probe

Parent process: WorkspaceManager:Configure

Applied parameters: ObjectKind=MessageView|Action=CrossProbe

Summary

This command is used to cross probe from the selected message in the Messages panel, to the object responsible for the message in the associated document.

First, select the in the Messages panel the message that you wish to investigate.

After launching the command, you will either be taken directly to the object on the associated document, or indirectly, depending on the particular source of the message. The following scenarios show how the cross probing behavior can differ, depending on the source of the message:

Scenario 1

Running a DRC on your PCB design document may create violation messages with the Source field entry of Advanced PCB. Launching this command will cross probe directly to the offending object on the document.

Scenario 2

Compiling the source schematic documents of a PCB project may create violation messages with the Source field entry of Compiler. Launching the command from such a message will display the Compile Errors panel, which displays detailed information on the offending object(s) associated with the selected message. From here you can cross probe directly to the offending object(s) on the relevant document in the main design window.

Scenario 3

Compiling the source VHDL documents of an FPGA project will create various notice-class messages with the Source field entry of VHDL Simulator. Launching the command from one of these messages will take you directly to the respective declaration in the VHDL code of the associated document.

Availability

In Messages Panel,right click the message line which is normal the Warning or Error, and run command Cross Probe from the popup menu.

Notes

Not all messages can be cross probed. You can only cross probe from a message if it has a valid (existing) associated document, specified in the Document field of the message.

Double-clicking on an a message in the Messages panel will also perform a cross probe.

When cross probing from a PCB/Compiler/Comparator-specific message, first ensure that the relative PCB/schematic document is the active document in the main design window, otherwise cross probing will occur, but you will not jump to the document.

The visual display of a cross-probed object on a schematic or PCB document in the main design window is dependant on the highlighting options defined in the Options tab of the Options for Project dialog. These options include zooming, selecting and masking, the latter of which causes all other objects on the document to become dimmed, leaving only the offending object fully visible and editable.