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XNFPREP: Possible cause of 'ERROR 1303, comma required' on Orcad designs


Record #431

Product Family: Software

Product Line: XACT FPGA

Product Part: xnfprep

Problem Title:
XNFPREP: Possible cause of 'ERROR 1303, comma required' on Orcad designs


Problem Description:
In OrCAD, it is legal to give a sheet symbol a name containing
spaces. If this is done on a Xilinx design, XNFPREP will issue the following error:

    XNFPREP: ERROR 1303: The following problem(s) were found in
       the <design>.xff file; the file could not be processed
       successfully.

       A comma is required on line <line#> of file <design>.xff:
       "HIERG, 1, <filename>, <sheet name>, <filename>.xnf, 0"

Because of the space in the sheet name, the hierarchical prefix
contains spaces. This is not a legal Xilinx name.


Solution 1:

Change all sheet names to legal Xilinx names (for example,
replace spaces with "_") to avoid this error.






End of Record #431 - Last Modified: 02/11/97 10:49

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