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Foundation: After unzipping archived project, errors updating xnf netlist


Record #1835

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  Aldec

Problem Title:
Foundation: After unzipping archived project, errors updating xnf
netlist



Problem Description:
Keywords: xnf netlist error
Urgency: Standard

General Description:
A project has been archived and then unzipped on a different
PC.

After making a modifications to the design, you try to
generate an XNF file by clicking on the XACT icon or
selecting Options -> Export Netlist.  The software issues
several errors and fails to write an XNF file.


Solution 1:

This can happen if the project's library ID number already
exists on this PC.  All Foundation project libraries are
given numbers, and this number is stored in the archived
project.

When there is a conflict between the library ID of the
unzipped project and one of the libraries already existing in
the system, the procedure listed below should solve the
problem.

In this example, the archived/unzipped project is called
MYPRO and is located in C:\ACTIVE\PROJECTS\MYPRO.

1. Invoke the Library Manager (Applications -> Library
   Manager from the Project Manager).

2. Select Library -> Attach from the Library Manager.

3. Select drive C: and directory ACTIVE\PROJECTS\MYPRO\LIB in
   the LM - Attach Library window.

4. Click on MYPRO in the 'Libraries Found' list, then click
   Attach.

5. Find the MYPRO library in the list in the main Library
   manager window and write down its ID number.

6. Close the Library Manager and open the MYPRO.PDF file
   (using Notepad or any other text editor) located in the
   C:\ACTIVE\PROJECTS directory.

7. Find the [libraries] section in this file, and replace the
   existing 4-digit number followed by '=' with the number
   you have written down in step 5 (e.g. if the original
   entry was '1001=' and the new library ID is 1005, the new
   entry should be '1005=').

8. Find the LIBORDER entry in the [project] section, and
   again replace the old library ID with the one you have
   written down in step 5 (e.g. if the original entry was
   'liborder=1001 71 53' and the new library ID is 1005,
   the new entry should be 'liborder=1005 71 53').

9. Save the MYPRO.PDF file.

The MYPRO project is now ready for use.



End of Record #1835