User Language Program (ULP) – What is This and How to Use it?
EAGLE can execute programs that are written in a C-like program language, the so-called EAGLE User Language. These programs are always availabel as readable text files. ULPs are highly flexible tools in order to modify internal EAGLE data or to produce data for other purposes. The EAGLE installation comes with various ULPs, that can be found in the Control Panel’s tree view User Language Program branch. Click onto one of the entries there and the description for the selected ULP will be shown on the right. Don’t care! You don’t need programming skills to work with ULPs. You simply have to use the RUN command which is available in the Action Toolbar or by the File/Run… menu. Depending on the program you will be asked for further details or it will silently process its job. How it works can be found in the ULP’s description. Somebody who has some skills in programming can use a simple text editor to check an ULP or even modify it according to his own preferences. Or write a totally new
EAGLE can execute programs that are written in a C-like program language, the so-called EAGLE User Language. These programs are always availabel as readable text files. ULPs are highly flexible tools in order to modify internal EAGLE data or to produce data for other purposes. The EAGLE installation comes with various ULPs, that can be found in the Control Panel’s tree view User Language Program branch. Click onto one of the entries there and the description for the selected ULP will be shown on the right. Don’t care! You don’t need programming skills to work with ULPs. You simply have to use the RUN command which is available in the Action Toolbar or by the File/Run… menu. Depending on the program you will be asked for further details or it will silently process its job. How it works can be found in the ULP’s description. Somebody who has some skills in programming can use a simple text editor to check an ULP or even modify it according to his own preferences. Or write a totally new
