AR# 691: XSimMake: How to modify flows to run user programs, scripts, or batch files
AR# 691
XSimMake: How to modify flows to run user programs, scripts, or batch files
説明
Instead of creating a design.mak file, XSimMake uses a flow file called `xsimmake.xfw' which can be found in the XACT\DATA directory. To add a user program, script, or batch file, you can create a local copy of the flow file and make the desired modifications.
Because XSimMake looks for the `xsimmake.xfw' file in the local directory before it looks in the XACT\DATA directory, any modifications made in the local copy will override the one located in XACT\DATA.
ソリューション
To add a program, script, or batch file to an XSimMake flow, perform the following steps:
1) Copy the file `xsimmake.xfw' from the XACT\DATA directory to your local working directory.
2) Open the file `xsimmake.xfw' using a text editor and find the first instance of a PROG record. Below is an example of a PROG record:
3) Create a new PROG record to the flow file using the example above as a template. Use the other PROG records listed in the flow file for more examples on how to create PROG records that take one argument, run program options, and append sub-directories and extensions to the arguments sent.
4) Locate the flow you wish to add the program call to by searching for the flow acronym. For example, if you wish to add a program call to the Viewlogic FPGA Functional flow, search for `VFF'. You will find a line similar to:
FLOW Viewlogic_Fpga_Func(inpfile):VFF
5) Locate the position in the flow you would like to insert the program call.
6) Add the following EXEPROG line to make the program call:
EXEPROG my_report_program (|infile|, |outfile|);
7) Using statements similar to those in the flow being modified, create infile and outfile variables to be used when calling your program. You may be able to simply use the variables that the surrounding programs use.