Getting the PRE_FLOW_SCRIPT_FILE thing to work

Jens,

I never see the Info message after starting A&S in the messages window. Also, if the .tcl file is not in the top-level dir, there is no error shown. I think this is the heart of the problem, qts is just ignoring the set_global_assignment in the qsf. I kno it is being "looked at" because if I damage the command somehow, qts repairs the line in the .qsf, apparently from a cache somehwere. I even edited the .qsf file with qts not running, installed a set_global_assignment pointing to a non-existing file and A&S ran. I even tried entering the set_global_assignment in the tcl console in qts. It adds the entry to the qsf but still ignores it. This is why I think this feature is disabled somehow.

Thanks,

Ed

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Hi Ed,

I'm using a preflow script for generating a VHDL-file with tiem stamp, build id, ...

The syntax you are using is correct (In my case: set_global_assignment -name PRE_FLOW_SCRIPT_FILE "quartus_sh:build_id.tcl")

I have the tcl in the same directory like the qsf.

Check the Messages in Quartus after starting a compile:

Info (23030): Evaluation of Tcl script build_id.tcl was successful

Just to see if Quartus recognize the preflow command try to remove the script from the project directory. Start a compile and you may see some error messages in Quartus:

Error (23018): Tcl Script File build_id.tcl not found

Error (23031): Evaluation of Tcl script build_id.tcl unsuccessful

Best Regards

Jens

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