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14 years ago

SOPC files in a sub directory

Hi

After a remark made here (http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19692) I tried moving the SOPC builder to another sub directory.

So I copied all of the relevant .tcl files to a sub directory, managed to open the SOPC builder, and to view my system.

but when I try to generate I get an error:

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ERROR: Project does not exist or has illegal name characters: D:/some_absolute_path/SOPC/. Specify a legal project name.

while executing

"project_open -current_revision "D:/same_absolute_path/SOPC/""

(file "MySystemName_setup_quartus.tcl" line 2)

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When I try to edit this tcl so it points to the parent directory, where the project is, the file is over written by the SOPC builder. (to be fair there is a remark stating exactly that)

Should I open a dummy project simply for the SOPC builder, or is there a better way to help it locate my project?

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    first you should try Qsys which supports this sort of thing natively

    second there is a tutorial about forcing SOPC Builder to generate into a subdirectory somewhere on the forum or wiki. i don't think it was foolproof - i really would spend time on Qsys instead