Pointing IDE to different folders...

Altera_Forum · ‎01-19-2005

Hello,

This is a very basic question.

How do I point the IDE to a new but existing project.

The scenario is that someone sends me a quartus/SOPC/NiosII/IDE project tree and I unzip it onto my local drive. I have my own project(s) in the IDE pointing to other systems and they work fine.

How do I repoint to this new, but existing project I've been sent?

Or maybe another way to ask is to how do I open this project? I don't want to create anything new, I just want to open an existing project and start workiing with it.

Thanks,

Ken

Altera_Forum · ‎01-19-2005

I'm not sure if I understand your question, but have you tried "File->Import project" ?

Altera_Forum · ‎01-19-2005

Yeah, I select the project and it gives an error saying "Project Already Exists". Go figure http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

Ken

Altera_Forum · ‎01-19-2005

Import them one at a time (I hope they didn't send you 30 projects or this will take a while). Once you have imported the application project and the system library it is associated to you are all ready to go.

Altera_Forum · ‎01-19-2005

Sounds like the projects have the same name. If that's not the case look at the navigator and C/C++ projects trees (it may be in only one of them)

Altera_Forum · ‎01-19-2005

if you already have a project with that name, you cannot import it again.

either do

- you first have to delete the existing project from the navigator (you must not delete it from the hd, "do not delete contents")

- rename the project you want to import by manually changing the name in file .project

Altera_Forum · ‎01-19-2005

Well I've gotten closer. I deleted all the projects I had (I'll have to deal with that problem later) and imported both the project and syslib projects one at a time as BadOmen suggests. Seems to go well, but a build/rebuild gives an error that the .ptf is needed:

the entire error is:

"*** No rule to make target `C:\qdesigns\neuralog\stratscan\stratscanner.ptf', needed by `C:/SRC/2004/stratscan/software/hello_world_0_syslib/Debug/system_description/../obj/generated_app.mk-t'. Stop."

The .ptf file is now in C:/SRC/2004/stratscan. This is set correctly in the System Library Properties, so I don't know why its looking in C:\qdesigns.

Where else do/can you set the .ptf location?

It would be real nice if I could just Open Project..., Browse for a/the project file and go to town. Too much to ask I guess...

Thanks,

Ken