Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guide: Platform Designer

ID 683364
Date 12/15/2018
Public
Document Table of Contents

7.1.2.7. load_strings

Description

Loads strings from an external .properties file.

Availability

Discovery, Main Program

Usage

load_strings <path>

Returns

No return value.

Arguments

path
The path to the properties file.

Example

hw.tcl:
load_strings test.properties
set_module_property NAME test
set_module_property VERSION [get_string VERSION]
set_module_property DISPLAY_NAME [get_string DISPLAY_NAME]
add_parameter firepower INTEGER 0 ""
set_parameter_property firepower DISPLAY_NAME [get_string PARAM_DISPLAY_NAME]
set_parameter_property firepower TYPE INTEGER
set_parameter_property firepower DESCRIPTION [get_string PARAM_DESCRIPTION]

test.properties:
DISPLAY_NAME = Trogdor!
VERSION = 1.0
PARAM_DISPLAY_NAME = Firepower
PARAM_DESCRIPTION = The amount of force to use when breathing fire.

Notes

Refer to the Java Properties File for properties file format. A .properties file is a text file with KEY=value pairs. For externalized strings, the KEY is a string identifier and the value is the externalized string.

For example:
TROGDOR = A dragon with a big beefy arm