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F1.4, Express, security: Error$: Feature license file format or misspelling...(-90,313)


Record #4435

Product Family: Software

Product Line: Synopsys

Product Part: Foundation FPGA Express

Problem Title:
F1.4, Express, security: Error$: Feature license file format or misspelling...(-90,313)


Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard

General Description:
After installing a new license file, when starting FPGA Express, the following
error is generated:

Error$: Feature license file format or mispelling in license file (-90,313)


Solution 1:

This error message is generally generated when the security is setup/configured correctly, but the license file has invalid characters.

The license.dat file is a pure ASCII text document. It should not have any formatting characters or other remnants of word processors. Check the license file for remnants or formatting problems. Do this by:

In a DOS window, open the license.dat file using the dos text editor EDIT (at command line type EDIT, then open license.dat)

The '\' character terminates each uncommented line of the license file that wraps around, therefore it should be the very last character of these lines. If there are formatting characters following the '\', delete them. If there is text from the next line of the license file (not wrapped

around properly), place the cursor after the '\' character and hit return. Save the file and try running Express again.




End of Record #4435 - Last Modified: 02/19/99 16:27

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