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Virtuoso Studio Design Environment User Guide
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

ViewFile Window Form

Views and manage its contents but does not let you edit them.

A viewfile window is used in various Virtuoso applications. For example, layout uses a viewfile window to display the design hierarchy tree, bindkey editor displays the bindkey commands in a viewfile window, TechDB Checker uses the viewfile window to display its log file and reports, and tools, such as Assura, ADE, VHDL toolbox and NC Verilog integration window use a viewfile window as a netlist viewer.

Field Description

File

Specifies an action for the viewfile window.

Open

Opens a file for viewing in the current viewfile window

Save

Saves the information in the viewfile window to the log file

Save As

Saves the information in the viewfile window to a new file

When you start this command, the Save As form appears. You use the form to name the file where you want to save the information.

Auto Update On

Causes the simulator to update the information in the view window automatically as the simulation continues.

Auto Update Off

Prevents the simulator from updating the information in the viewfile window as the simulation continues.

Close Window

Closes the viewfile window.

Edit

Edits the viewfile window.

Copy

Copies the selected text to the clipboard.

You can also click the Copy command before selecting the text to be copied.

Select All

Selects the entire contents of the file

Find

Searches for text strings in the viewfile window.

Search for specifies the text string you want to find.

When Found specifies whether to select or deselect the text string.

  • select highlights the text string.
  • deselect turns off highlighting of the text string.
  • scroll to next match scrolls to the section of text that contains the next occurrence of the text string. If the next occurrence is already displayed within the viewing window, the window does not scroll.

Match Options control for partial hits and case.

  • whole word specifies a search for the exact string.
  • exact case specifies a search for the case (upper or lower) that appears in the Search for field.
  • Wrap Around (default) continues the search from the beginning of the file.
  • Scan the Whole File, when enabled, finds and highlights all occurrences of the text string you specify.

Go to Line

Searches for the line number you specify and highlights the specified line.

Go to line field specifies the line number to which you want to move to.

View

Specifies the display option for the viewfile window.

Line Numbers

Displays the following sub-menu options:

  • Inline: Shows the line numbers on the left side (sidebar) of the log file.
    You can enable sidebar by using the following variable in CIW:
    (envSetVal "ui.text" "showLineNumbersInSideBar" 'boolean t)
    Otherwise, to enable sidebar, you can add the following syntax in the .cdsenv file:
    ui.text showLineNumbersInSideBar boolean t
  • Status Bar: Displays the line and column number in the lower-right corner of the log file.

Highlight Current Line

Highlights the current line in gray.

Related Topics

Functions of Viewfile Window

Viewing the Hierarchy Tree


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