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Layout Check

With the layout check tool, you can validate your layout definitions. It lists, for example, any missing properties or invalid definitions.

This document covers the following topics:


Invoking the Layout Check Tool

When you invoke the layout check tool, the following dialog appears.

Layout check

Start of instruction setTo invoke the layout check tool

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Displaying the Layout Definitions for a Project

In the layout check tool, you first have to specify the project for which you want to check the layouts.

Start of instruction setTo display the layout definitions for a project

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Checking Selected Layout Definitions

You can check several layout definitions at the same time.

Start of instruction setTo check selected layout definitions

  1. Select the layout definition(s) that you want to check. See also Selecting Layout Definitions in the description of the Layout Manager.

  2. Choose the Check Selected Layouts button.

    The selected layout definitions are checked.

    The row for each checked layout definition which does not contain an error is shown with a green background color.

  3. Choose the Log tab.

    For each checked layout definition, a message text is provided which indicates whether the layout definition could be validated successfully or whether it contains an error. In the case of an error, an error description is shown (for example, the name of a missing property or of an invalid subnode).

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