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15 years ago

TCL parameters and Include directories

Hi All,

Is there any documentation on the TCL parameters for all the functions provided by quartus?

For example,

set_global_assignment -name ???

What are all valid assignments and their meanings for the -name flag? There are a lot of other functions which I cannot find their full parameter options description.

Also, is there anyway to specify and "include" dir; something like +incdir+ in modelsim (or -I flag in gcc). This might be useful if I have .vh files found in some common location.

thanks!

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    Altera_Forum
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    15 years ago

    there is a Scripting Reference Manual:

    http://www.altera.com/literature/manual/tclscriptrefmnl.pdf

    i create .qip files for various libraries. then i can add the library by editing the .qsf and adding the .qip file. for example: 

    
set_global_assignment -name QIP_FILE ../vhdl_2008_fixed_float/vhdl_2008_fixed_float.qip

    would mean at the same level as my project directory i have a directory containing the VHDL 2008 fixed/float packages
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    Altera_Forum
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    15 years ago

    Thanks for the feedback, I found what I was looking for in one of the Altera manuals:

    If the Quartus II Settings File contains a USER_LIBRARIES assignment and you call set_global_assignment to set a SEARCH_PATH or USER_LIBRARIES assignment, the existing USER_LIBRARIES assignment expands into one or more SEARCH_PATH assignments.

    So, if you have a set of .vh files in some <DIR> to can:

    set_global_assignment -name SEARCH_PATH <DIR>

    this seems to work!

    thanks!