From 32a105e39e5ab139aa67f20a908a67ab40438875 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Clifton <peter@clifton-electronics.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 01:40:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Create new function GetLayerGroupNumberBySide()

---
 src/misc.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 src/misc.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index 8d12706ab9..de94eb94f4 100644
--- a/src/misc.c
+++ b/src/misc.c
@@ -1440,6 +1440,19 @@ GetLayerGroupNumberByNumber (Cardinal Layer)
 }
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * returns the layergroup number for the passed side (TOP_LAYER or BOTTOM_LAYER)
+ */
+int
+GetLayerGroupNumberBySide (int side)
+{
+  /* Find the relavant board side layer group by determining the
+   * layer group associated with the relevant side's silk-screen
+   */
+  return GetLayerGroupNumberByNumber(
+      side == TOP_SIDE ? component_silk_layer : solder_silk_layer);
+}
+
+/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * returns a pointer to an objects bounding box;
  * data is valid until the routine is called again
  */
diff --git a/src/misc.h b/src/misc.h
index 9ce0905731..25db4dc389 100644
--- a/src/misc.h
+++ b/src/misc.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ void SaveOutputWindow (void);
 int GetLayerNumber (DataType *, LayerType *);
 int GetLayerGroupNumberByPointer (LayerType *);
 int GetLayerGroupNumberByNumber (Cardinal);
+int GetLayerGroupNumberBySide (int);
 int GetGroupOfLayer (int);
 int ChangeGroupVisibility (int, bool, bool);
 void LayerStringToLayerStack (char *);
-- 
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