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XSIMMAKE 5.2, Viewlogic: Possible cause of ERROR 7


Record #392

Product Family: Software

Product Line: XACT FPGA

Product Part: xsimmake

Product Version: 5.2

Problem Title:
XSIMMAKE 5.2, Viewlogic: Possible cause of ERROR 7


Problem Description:
If a the top level name for a design has a dash in it, then XSimMake will fail with:

      ERROR 7: [wir2xnf.exe -b -v -od ste-st\...] failed
      to execute properly
           Please check results in xsimmake.out
      1 Errors and 0 Warnings occurred during processing.


Solution 1:

Change the desing name to one that doesn't have the dash.





Solution 2:

Ensure the sheet names are no longer than eight characters.




End of Record #392 - Last Modified: 11/15/96 17:30

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