hwIDataFile GetChannelMetaDataValue
Gets an item of meta data associated with a channel of a file.
Syntax
hwIDataFile_handle GetChannelMetaDataValue datatype, request, component, varname
Application
HyperWorks Tcl Query
Description
This command retrieves an item of metadata associated with a specific channel of a data file. The channel is identified by the datatype, request, and component parameters. These strings are specific to the particular file. The varname parameter specifies which item of data to retrieve.
Example
hwi GetSessionHandle sess1
sess1 GetDataFileHandle datafile "[sess1 GetSystemVariable ALTAIR_HOME]/demos/mv_hv_hg/plotting/adams/indy.req"
set reqlist [datafile GetRequestList Displacement]
set complist [datafile GetComponentList Displacement]
set metadatalist [datafile GetChannelMetaDataList Displacement [lindex $reqlist 0] [lindex $complist 0]]
datafile GetChannelMetaDataValue Displacement [lindex $reqlist 0] [lindex $complist 0] [lindex $metadatalist 0]
datafile GetChannelMetaDataValue Displacement [lindex $reqlist 0] [lindex $complist 0] [lindex $metadatalist 1]
datafile GetChannelMetaDataLabel Displacement [lindex $reqlist 0] [lindex $complist 0] [lindex $metadatalist 0]
datafile GetChannelMetaDataType Displacement [lindex $reqlist 0] [lindex $complist 0] [lindex $metadatalist 0]
Error
If the item of metadata is not present in the file, an empty string will be returned.
Keywords
HyperWorks
XY plot
Tcl
import
query