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Foundation XABEL: "XABEL is not installed" error when synthesizing ABELcode


Record #1978

Product Family:  Software

Product Line:  Aldec

Problem Title:
Foundation XABEL:  "XABEL is not installed" error when synthesizing
ABELcode



Problem Description:
Keywords:  foundation, xabel, hdl editor, install
Urgency:   Standard

General Description:
When attempting to synthesize an ABEL design in the HDL
Editor, you may receive an error saying that "XABEL is not
installed" or that the "XACT environment is not set."


Solution 1:

Be sure that XABEL is installed, and that the XACT variable
and PATH are set to the directory where it is installed.

For more information on installing XABEL, see
(Xilinx Solution 1797).

Example:

If XABEL is installed in the C:\XACT directory, the XACT
variable and PATH should be set as follows:

SET PATH=C:\XACT;<rest_of_path>
SET XACT=C:\XACT

* Make sure there are no spaces around the '='.



Solution 2:

This error can occur if XABEL is installed into the
ACTIVE\EXE directory, even if it is also correctly installed
in the XACT directory.

Foundation first looks in ACTIVE\EXE for the required
software, then in other directories in the PATH variable.

After it finds the XABEL software, it looks at the XACT
variable to see if the location that it found the software in
and the XACT variable setting match.  If these do not match,
it will give the error that XABEL is not installed.

So, be sure that XABEL is only installed in XACT, and not in
ACTIVE\EXE.



End of Record #1978