create_gui_custom_command_arg - 2020.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tcl Command Reference Guide (UG835)

Document ID
UG835
Release Date
2020-11-18
Version
2020.2 English

Create a custom command argument for a custom command in the GUI

Syntax

create_gui_custom_command_arg ‑command_name <arg> ‑arg_name <arg>
    [‑default <arg>] [‑comment <arg>] [‑optional] [‑quiet] [‑verbose]

Usage

Name Description
-command_name Unique name of the custom command for which an argument is being created.
-arg_name Unique name of the custom command argument to create.
[-default] Default value of the custom command argument.
[-comment] Comment for the custom command argument.
[-optional] Make the custom command argument optional.
[-quiet] Ignore command errors
[-verbose] Suspend message limits during command execution

Categories

GUIControl

Description

This commands defines an argument for a specific custom GUI command.

You can use the get_gui_custom_commands to determine the list of defined custom commands. You can use the get_gui_custom_command_args to determine the list of defined GUI custom command arguments of a particular GUI custom command.

Arguments

-command_name - (Required) The name of the custom GUI command to create an argument for.

-arg_name - (Required) The unique name of the argument to create.

-default - (Optional) Specifies a default value for the argument.

-comment - (Optional) Comment for the custom command argument.

-optional - (Optional) Make the custom command argument optional.

-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.
Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.
-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.
Note: Message limits can be defined with the set_msg_config command.

Examples

This example creates an argument named 'quiet' for the custom GUI command print_version. The argument is defined as optional and its default value is -quiet.
create_gui_custom_command_arg -command_name print_version -arg_name quiet \ 
-default "-quiet" -comment "Ignore commands errors" -optional