v11.0 (2013)

Creates a new View object given the path to its definition on disk. This method is similar to Layout.CreateViewFromDefinitionFile but specific to the python language.

Object Layout.CreateViewFromDefinitionFile2( String in_pViewPath, String in_pViewName );

oReturn = Layout.CreateViewFromDefinitionFile2( ViewPath, ViewName );

View

Parameter	Type	Description
ViewPath	String	Complete path to a .xsitb or .xsivw file on disk.
ViewName	String	Required string providing the name of the view. Important: Blank characters found in the view name, such as space and tabs, are converted to underscores ("_").

Python Example

# Create a new Schematic view
from siutils import *
layout = Application.Desktop.ActiveLayout
v = layout.CreateViewFromDefinitionFile2( r'$XSI_HOME\Application\views\schematicview.xsivw', 'My sv' )
log( v.Nodes )

Layout.CreateView2