Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Scripting

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Date 9/26/2022
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4.1.28.26. get_top_level_entity (::quartus::project)

The following table displays information for the get_top_level_entity Tcl command:

Tcl Package and Version

Belongs to ::quartus::project

Syntax get_top_level_entity [-h | -help] [-long_help]
Arguments -h | -help Short help
  -long_help Long help with examples and possible return values
Description
Returns the name id for the current focus entity.
Example Usage
# Get the name id of the current focus entity
set current_focus_entity_id [get_top_level_entity]

# Print out the entity name of the current focus entity
set msg "Entity name of the current focus entity => ("
append msg [get_name_info -info entity_name $current_focus_entity_id]
append msg ")"
puts ""
puts $msg
Return Value Code Name Code String Return
TCL_OK 0 INFO: Operation successful
TCL_ERROR 1 ERROR: Can't find active revision name. Make sure there is an open, active revision name.
TCL_ERROR 1 ERROR: Compiler database does not exist for revision name: <string>. At the minimum, run Analysis & Synthesis (quartus_map) with the specified revision name before using this Tcl command.
TCL_ERROR 1 ERROR: You must open a project before you can use this command.