Jean-Pierre, First, I apologize for saying the BOM C++ code is garbage. (I had my special hat on, :) you know the one that says any code I have not written is garbage. It's a silly self-misleading hat, but I sleep in it.)
Does the output of netform.cpp's Write_GENERIC_NetList() have what is needed in it to create a BOM? If so, here is my current thinking, obviously it is evolving as I do the research, before the development. What we need is almost entirely present in the existing *generic netlist exporter*. (EESCHEMA -> Netlist -> Add Plugin). This can export the netlist to a text file and chain load a post processor to generate a "netlist" of any kind. Is there a reason this cannot generate a BOM? The only netlist plug-in in existence is in eeschema/plugin/netlist_form_pads-pcb.cpp, and this represents the only dependency on the existing non-XML "generic netlist format", which is an arbitrary format that I would like to change to XML. What about the following plan of action, for which I am volunteering: 1) Change the generic netlist exporter to export to XML, keeping all the existing content, even pins, and *adding* all custom component fieldnames/properties. 2) Fix netlist_form_pads-pcb.cpp to read the new generic netlist format XML file, using the xml support within wxWidgets, see wxXmlDocument, and create the same output it uses now. I'm hoping what was a non-gui program can still stay that way using this class, don't know yet. 3) Work with Brian to write one or more python scripts, which will basically fix bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/581153 4) Commit the C++ improvements I made yesterday to the existing BOM generator and keep them until a higher authority deletes them. 5) I bail on fixing bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/581153 in C++, which I deem being a lost cause, because I think the BOM generator C++ is a lost cause. Use any one of the python scripts to overcome it. Dick _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
