Deletes the specified attribute.

syntaxSyntax:
DlxObject.DeleteAttribute(name)

Parameters

Parameter Description
name This parameter represents the attribute name and has the following form:
<name>[/category]
The category can be omitted.

Return Value

Returns true if the attribute has been deleted otherwise returns false.

Example

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var prj = DlxApp.GetJob().GetProject("Example Sch");
if (!prj.IsValid())
  prj = DlxApp.GetJob().NewProject("Example Sch");
var doc = prj.GetDocument("Examples Sch", DlxApp.DOCTYPE_SCHEMATIC);
if (!doc.IsValid())
{
  doc = prj.NewDocument("Examples Sch", DlxApp.DOCTYPE_SCHEMATIC);
  doc.SetPageFormat("A4", false);
}
if (doc.IsValid() && doc.Activate())
{
  var page = doc.GetActivePage();
  if (page.IsValid())
  {
    var layer = page.GetLayerFromType(DlxApp.LAYERTYPE_DRAWING);
    if (layer.IsValid())
    {
      var pos = layer.GetFrontObjectIterator();
      while (pos.IsValid())
      {
        var obj = layer.GetNextObject(pos);
        if ((obj.IsValid()) && (obj.GetType() == DlxApp.OBJTYPE_SYMBOL))
        {
          var s = obj.GetAttribute("OBJINFO/OBJECT");
          DlxApp.Printf("Description: %s", s);
          obj.DeleteAttribute("OBJINFO/OBJECT");
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

See also