ISE
Preferences Dialog Box - ISE General Page
Use this dialog box to set general ISE® preferences. To access this dialog box, select Edit > Preferences, and click ISE General.
  •  Project settings
    Specifies general settings for projects, user documents, and the property display level.
    •  Always open last project
      Specifies whether the last project you worked on in Project Navigator is opened the next time the software is launched.
      Note If the project no longer exists or cannot be found, Project Navigator ignores this setting and opens with the next project from the Recent Projects list. If none of the projects on the Recent Projects list can be found, Project Navigator opens with no project loaded.
    •  Write Project Navigator Log File
      Specifies whether to create a log file that contains the output from the Console panel and save it to your working directory. By default, this option is selected, and a log file named projnav.log is generated for the current Project Navigator project session. Each time you open a project, the existing log file is backed up to projnav.old.log, and a new projnav.log is created for the current project session.
    •  Use New Project Wizard
      Specifies whether the New Project Wizard or New Project Dialog Box is launched when creating a new project. When this option is selected, the New Project Wizard is used to create a new project and to create and add source files. When this option is deselected, the New Project dialog box is used to create a project only. For more information, see Creating a Project.
    •  Use file associations on user documents
      Note This option is available on Windows operating systems only.
      Specifies whether non-Project Navigator source file types, such as those with .txt and .doc extensions, are opened in standard Windows applications, such as Microsoft Notepad and Microsoft Word.
      When this option is selected, the file is opened in the Windows application that is associated with the file extension. When this option is deselected, the file is opened in the editor specified in the Editors page of the Preferences dialog box. The default editor is ISE Text Editor.
    •  Open Design Summary/Reports when project is opened
      Specifies whether to show the Design Summary when you open an ISE project. By default, this option is selected, and the Project Navigator Workspace shows the Design Summary each time a project is opened. For more information about the Design Summary, see the Design Summary Overview.
    •  Open What’s New Document at startup
      Specifies whether to show the What’s New file when Project Navigator opens. By default, this option is selected, and the Project Navigator Workspace shows the What’s New file each time Project Navigator opens.
    •  Property display level
      Specifies whether to show standard or advanced properties in the various process properties dialog boxes.
      •  Standard
        Shows all of the standard properties and their default values in the process properties dialog boxes.
      •  Advanced
        Shows all of the standard and advanced properties and their default values in the process properties dialog boxes. Advanced process properties are generally recommended for use by experienced users only.
      Note For more information, see Setting Process Properties and Displaying Advanced Properties.
  •  CPLD reports
    Specifies the preferred format to view CPLD reports.
    •  HTML
      Specifies that CPLD reports are produced in XML format and are viewed in an HTML browser.
    •  Text
      Specifies that CPLD reports are produced in text format and are viewed in the editor specified in the Editors page of the Preferences dialog box. The default editor is ISE Text Editor.
  •  Message display language
    Specifies the language used to display Answer Records in the HTML browser. You can navigate from many error and warning messages to Answer Records in the HTML browser. For more information, see Viewing Messages and Reports and Using the Console, Errors, and Warnings Panels.
  •  Recently used lists
    Specifies the number of projects and files listed in the recently used commands in the File menu.
    •  Projects
      Specifies the number of projects to display in the File > Recent Projects menu command. The maximum number is 9.
    •  Files
      Specifies the number of files to display in the File > Recent Files menu command. The maximum number is 9.
See Also
Setting Preferences
Setting the CPLD Report Display Preference
Setting the HTML Browser Display Preferences

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