execute_flow (::quartus::flow)

Belongs to ::quartus::flow 1.1

Runs one or more of the command-line executables using one of the
predefined flows, such as "-compile" or "-signalprobe". You can run
only one flow at a time, so you must use only one option.

Some flows have limited device support or other limitations based on
the features used. See documentation for the features in question for
details.

The "-export_database" and "-import_database" options use the value of
the VER_COMPATIBLE_DB_DIR assignment for the version-compatible
database files directory, defaulting to "export_db".

The "-incremental_compilation_export" option uses the value of the
INCREMENTAL_COMPILATION_EXPORT_FILE global assignment for the path of
the Quartus Prime Exported Partition (QXP) file to be created. The value
of the INCREMENTAL_COMPILATION_EXPORT_PARTITION_NAME global assignment
should specify the name of the partition to be exported. The value of
the INCREMENTAL_COMPILATION_EXPORT_NETLIST_TYPE global assignment
(which can either have value POST_SYNTH or POST_FIT) determines
whether post-synthesis or post-fitting results should be
exported. Finally, the value of the
INCREMENTAL_COMPILATION_EXPORT_ROUTING global assignment specifies
whether routing should be exported when a post-fit netlist is
generated.

The "-incremental_compilation_import" option uses the following
partition assignments to determine the location of the QXP files, and
how importation should be performed, on a per-partition basis:

PARTITION_IMPORT_FILE	
PARTITION_IMPORT_PROMOTE_ASSIGNMENTS
PARTITION_IMPORT_NEW_ASSIGNMENTS
PARTITION_IMPORT_EXISTING_ASSIGNMENTS
PARTITION_IMPORT_EXISTING_LOGICLOCK_REGIONS

All assignments are exported first automatically, as if you
called the "export_assignments" command first, unless the
-dont_export_assignments option is specified.

You must use the Tcl command "catch" to determine whether the
predefined flow ran successfully or not, as in the following example:

if {[catch {execute_flow -compile} result]} {
	puts "\nResult: $result\n"
	puts "ERROR: Compilation failed. See report files.\n"
} else {
	puts "\nINFO: Compilation was successful.\n"
}

# To run quartus_map, quartus_fit, quartus_sta, quartus_asm
# or other executables based on options. (Refer to "Using 
# Compilation Flows," "Compiling Designs," and "Specifying 
# Compiler Settings" in Quartus Prime online Help for more 
# information.)
execute_flow -compile 

# To determine if compilation was successful or not
# and print out a personalized message.
if {[catch {execute_flow -compile} result]} {
	puts "\nResult: $result\n"
	puts "ERROR: Compilation failed. See report files.\n"
} else {
	puts "\nINFO: Compilation was successful.\n"
}

        # To perform a full compilation
            execute_flow -compile
        # To perform a ip_upgrade with flow_args to specify variation_files 
            execute_flow -ip_upgrade -flow_args "variation_files=\"a.ip;b.ip\""