Specify Initial Values for Global Variables and Global Constants
You can change the initial values of global variables and constants in an application by performing the following procedures:
• Create an initialization file to store the global values.
• Specify which initialization file to use for the current session.
To create an initialization file
Use an external text editor to create a text file containing the names of variables, constants, and their initial values. For each variable or constant to be initialized, the file should have one line with the following format:
name='value'
name
Specifies the name of the global variable or constant
value
Specifies the initial value to assign to the global or constant
Note: To embed quotation marks or backslashes, precede them with a backslash (\).
You can create any number of files. For example, you might have one file for each foreign language used in your organization.
Example initialization file:
language='French'
country='Canada'
businesssector='R&D \'New Projects\' Group'
style='Eclipse'
To specify an initialization file for the current OpenROAD session
1. Click the Develop tab.
2. Select your application in the Applications portlet.
3. Click the Application Properties portlet tab.
4. Click File, Open.
The application properties are opened for editing.
5. Click the control button to the right of the Globals Initialization File field.
OpenROAD displays a standard File Selection dialog.
6. Select the text file containing the global values you want to use for your application, and then click Open.
Alternatively, enter the name of the file.
7. Click File, Save and Close to save and close the application properties.
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