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If I attempt to launch the 13.x PlanAhead tool, I see a dos box open and it appears that the PlanAhead tool is running. However, after the "start_gui" command is issued, nothing further happens.
If the PlanAhead tool is launched from a Command shell, information similar to the following is written to the screen, but then the prompt returns and the PlanAhead tool does not open.
C:\Xilinx\13.4\ISE_DS>planAhead
***** PlanAhead v13.4 (64-bit)
**** Build 155338 by hd build on Tues Nov 29 20:49:23 MST 2011
** Copyright 1986-1999, 2001-2011 Xilinx, Inc. All Rights reserved.
INFO: [Device-36] Loading parts and site information from C:/xilinx/13.4/ISE_DS/PlanAhead/data/parts/arch.xml
Parsing RTL primitives file [C:/xilinx/13.4/ISE_DS/PlanAhead/data/parts/xilinx/rtl/prims/rtl_prims.xml]
Finished parsing RTL primitives file [C:/xilinx/13.4/ISE_DS/PlanAhead/data/parts/xilinx/rtl/prims/rtl_prims.xml]
Loading realTime.tcl: log utils config sdc cli commands dir
Loading C:/xilinx/13.4/ISE_DS/PlanAhead/scripts/rt/base_tcl/tcl/internal/realTime.tcl: commands
realtime tcl init completed.
Loading FPGA commands
start_gui
C:\Xilinx\13.4\ISE_DS>planAhead
This issue occurs most often on Windows 64-bit platforms (e.g., Windows 7 64-bit and Windows Server 2008).
The 32-bit version of the PlanAhead tool (run "planAhead -m32") often works even though the 64-bit version will not launch.
The following options have been used successfully to get the PlanAhead tool to launch:
Run both the Visual C++ redistribution exes located at:
Answer Number | Answer Title | Version Found | Version Resolved |
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53793 | Install - Vivado fails to launch "INFO: [Common 17-81] couldn't load library "librdi_coretaks.dll": invalid argument..." | N/A | N/A |