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Hardware Debugger 6.0.1: Verification yields "Part type "?" is not defined in 'partlist.xct'


Record #943

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  FPGA Core

Problem Title:
Hardware Debugger 6.0.1: Verification yields "Part type "?" is not
defined in 'partlist.xct'



Problem Description:
When running Hardware Debugger from a seperate icon or from File Manager, one ma
y see the following
message during the verification stage:

       Part type "?" is not defined in 'partlist.xct'
       Ensure that XACT environment is pointing to XACT directory

The device will download fine, only readback/verification is effected. Since it
is looking for part "?",
so it isn't a bad partlist.xct.


Solution 1:

The working directory must not point to the same place the XACT variable points
to.
Therefore, when specifying the Working Directory when creating an icon for Hardw
are
Debugger, be sure to set it to something other than the XACT directory.

Since File Manager uses the executable's directory as the working directory, run
ning
Hardware Debugger (hwdebugr.exe) from File Manager would always cause this error
,
assuming the executable is located in the XACT directory.



End of Record #943