Hi! Is it possible to tell ADE-L to include a file without needing to hard-code its path? This procedure works in Assembler, but fails in ADE-L:
1. I put the file to include (say "input.scs") under the cell directory
2. In the ADE-L state I define a variable with the path, to be resolved at netlisting time:
spectre_include=strcat(dbFullLibPath(asiGetDesignLibName(asiGetSession(hiGetCurrentWindow()))) "/" asiGetDesignCellName(asiGetSession(hiGetCurrentWindow())) "/input.scs")
3. In the model files window, I add an entry VAR("spectre_include") (Note: I need a variable because when adding the skill code directly here, it tries to interpret it as a model and section definition!)
The problem is that ADE-L doesn't resolve the Skill code and netlists this as follows:
[...]
Vdd=8.500000e-01 \
spectre_include=strcat(dbFullLibPath(asiGetDesignLibName(asiGetSession(hiGetCurrentWindow()))) \
"/" asiGetDesignCellName(asiGetSession(hiGetCurrentWindow())) "/input.scs") \
Vss=0 \
[...]
include "correct_path_to_my_cell/input.scs"
[...]
And even tough the model definition is resolved correctly, Spectre complains about the unresolved variable value:
Error found by spectre during circuit read-in.
ERROR (SFE-874): "input.scs" 41: Cannot run the simulation because syntax error `Unexpected quoted string ""/". Expected close parenthesis or comma' was encountered at line 41, column 4. Correct the syntax error and rerun the simulation.
ERROR (SFE-683): "input.scs" 41: Badly formed parameters statement.
Is there anyway to force ADE-L to resolve such variable? Or any other way to include a file without hard-coding its path?
Thanks and regards,
Jorge.