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Altera_Forum
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7 years ago

Getting the PRE_FLOW_SCRIPT_FILE thing to work

Folks, I have been trying to get a tcl script to run before compile to no avail. I have a tcl script to create a vhd file with the build date and time in it, gleaned from the examples on the ...
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7 years ago

You are correct! Literally one minute before you posted this, I discovered just that. I was fooling around with signal tap and hit the compile button. It ran the entire compile flow, starting with my pre-compile script.

And thats the answer....

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I don't know for sure but I don't think the pre-flow is executed with A&S. You need to do a full compile. At least that is how it works for me on Q17.

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