Index: trunk/scconfig/Rev.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/scconfig/Rev.h	(revision 25816)
+++ trunk/scconfig/Rev.h	(revision 25817)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-static const int myrev = 25789;
+static const int myrev = 25817;
Index: trunk/scconfig/Rev.tab
===================================================================
--- trunk/scconfig/Rev.tab	(revision 25816)
+++ trunk/scconfig/Rev.tab	(revision 25817)
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+25817	configure	new plugin for data access actions
 25789	configure	centralize the unit selector widget in a DAD compound
 25783	congigure	hidlib: remove unused parts of the gtk HID
 25758	configure	compound DAD widgets, for DAD based spinboxes: remove old, gtk-only coord entry
Index: trunk/scconfig/plugins.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/scconfig/plugins.h	(revision 25816)
+++ trunk/scconfig/plugins.h	(revision 25817)
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 plugin_header("\nFeature plugins:\n")
 plugin_def("acompnet",         "net auto-completion",             sdisable, 1)
 plugin_def("act_draw",         "action wrappers for drawing",     sbuildin, 1)
+plugin_def("act_read",         "action wrappers for data access", sbuildin, 1)
 plugin_def("ar_cpcb",          "autoroute with c-pcb",            sbuildin, 1)
 plugin_def("asm",              "assembly GUI",                    sbuildin, 1)
 plugin_def("autocrop",         "crop board to fit objects",       sbuildin, 1)
Index: trunk/src_plugins/act_read/Makefile
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/act_read/Makefile	(nonexistent)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/act_read/Makefile	(revision 25817)
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+all:
+	cd ../../src && $(MAKE) mod_act_read
+	
+
+clean:
+	rm *.o *.so 2>/dev/null ; true
Index: trunk/src_plugins/act_read/Plug.tmpasm
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/act_read/Plug.tmpasm	(nonexistent)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/act_read/Plug.tmpasm	(revision 25817)
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+put /local/pcb/mod {act_read}
+put /local/pcb/mod/OBJS [@
+	$(PLUGDIR)/act_read/act_read.o
+@]
+
+switch /local/pcb/act_read/controls
+	case {buildin}   include /local/pcb/tmpasm/buildin; end;
+	case {plugin}    include /local/pcb/tmpasm/plugin; end;
+	case {disable}   include /local/pcb/tmpasm/disable; end;
+end
Index: trunk/src_plugins/act_read/act_read.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/act_read/act_read.c	(nonexistent)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/act_read/act_read.c	(revision 25817)
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ *                            COPYRIGHT
+ *
+ *  pcb-rnd, interactive printed circuit board design
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019 Tibor 'Igor2' Palinkas
+ *
+ *  This module, dialogs, was written and is Copyright (C) 2017 by Tibor Palinkas
+ *  this module is also subject to the GNU GPL as described below
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ *  Contact:
+ *    Project page: http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd
+ *    lead developer: http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/contact.html
+ *    mailing list: pcb-rnd (at) list.repo.hu (send "subscribe")
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "actions.h"
+#include "misc_util.h"
+
+static const char pcb_acts_GetValue[] = "GetValue(input, units, relative, default_unit)";
+static const char pcb_acth_GetValue[] = "Convert a coordinate value. Returns an unitless double or FGW_ERR_ARG_CONV. The 3rd parameter controls whether to require relative coordinates (+- prefix). Wraps pcb_get_value_ex().";
+static fgw_error_t pcb_act_GetValue(fgw_arg_t *res, int argc, fgw_arg_t *argv)
+{
+	const char *input, *units, *def_unit;
+	int relative, a;
+	double v;
+	pcb_bool success;
+
+	PCB_ACT_CONVARG(1, FGW_STR, GetValue, input = argv[1].val.str);
+	PCB_ACT_CONVARG(2, FGW_STR, GetValue, units = argv[2].val.str);
+	PCB_ACT_CONVARG(3, FGW_INT, GetValue, relative = argv[3].val.nat_int);
+	PCB_ACT_CONVARG(4, FGW_STR, GetValue, def_unit = argv[1].val.str);
+
+	if (*units == '\0')
+		units = NULL;
+
+	v = pcb_get_value_ex(input, units, &a, NULL, def_unit, &success);
+	if (!success || (relative && a))
+		return FGW_ERR_ARG_CONV;
+
+	res->type = FGW_DOUBLE;
+	res->val.nat_double = v;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int flg_error(const char *msg)
+{
+	pcb_message(PCB_MSG_ERROR, "act_read flag conversion error: %s\n", msg);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#define DRAWOPTARG \
+	int noundo = 0, ao = 0; \
+	if ((argv[1].type == FGW_STR) && (strcmp(argv[1].val.str, "noundo") == 0)) { \
+		noundo = 1; \
+		ao++; \
+	}
+
+
+pcb_action_t act_read_action_list[] = {
+	{"GetValue", pcb_act_GetValue, pcb_acth_GetValue, pcb_acts_GetValue},
+};
+
+static const char *act_read_cookie = "act_read";
+
+PCB_REGISTER_ACTIONS(act_read_action_list, act_read_cookie)
+
+int pplg_check_ver_act_read(int ver_needed) { return 0; }
+
+void pplg_uninit_act_read(void)
+{
+	pcb_remove_actions_by_cookie(act_read_cookie);
+}
+
+#include "dolists.h"
+int pplg_init_act_read(void)
+{
+	PCB_API_CHK_VER;
+	PCB_REGISTER_ACTIONS(act_read_action_list, act_read_cookie)
+	return 0;
+}
Index: trunk/src_plugins/act_read/act_read.pup
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/act_read/act_read.pup	(nonexistent)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/act_read/act_read.pup	(revision 25817)
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+$class feature
+$short action wrappers for data access
+$long Data access related API as actions
+$state works
+$package (core)
+default buildin
+autoload 1
Index: trunk/src_plugins/plugins_ALL.tmpasm
===================================================================
--- trunk/src_plugins/plugins_ALL.tmpasm	(revision 25816)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/plugins_ALL.tmpasm	(revision 25817)
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # List of all plugins - generated by make map_plugins - do NOT edit
 include {../src_plugins/acompnet/Plug.tmpasm}
 include {../src_plugins/act_draw/Plug.tmpasm}
+include {../src_plugins/act_read/Plug.tmpasm}
 include {../src_plugins/ar_cpcb/Plug.tmpasm}
 include {../src_plugins/asm/Plug.tmpasm}
 include {../src_plugins/autocrop/Plug.tmpasm}