Answers Database WIR2XNF error: could not find WIR file for a user-created component Record #922 Product Family: Software Product Line: ViewLogic Product Part: wir2xnf Product Version: 5.2 Problem Title: WIR2XNF error: could not find WIR file for a user-created component Problem Description: WIR2XNF error: could not find WIR file for a user-created component. If WIR2XNF returns this error, the problem may be that the symbol type is wrong. Solution 1: User-created symbols in Viewlogic can have underlying schematics, or alternatively they can point to HDL files or even merely function as graphics in a schematic. Symbols with schematics must have a symbol type of composite while symbols with no underlying schematics should be of type module or annotate. Modules are used as black boxes for underlying HDL modules, netlist, etc. Annotates are to put a graphic in the schematic, such as a title block. To verify this, highlight the symbol instance in the schematic in which it is placed and select Info -> Object Detail. The resulting data will include a "Block:" line which indicates the alias, the component name, and a value in parentheses showing a "C" for composite, an "M" for module, and an "A" for annotate. To change the symbol type, push into the symbol and select Change -> Symbol Type. End of Record #922 - Last Modified: 01/29/97 11:34

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