Technical data

play

CR-110 ModelSim Commands ModelSim EE/SE Command Reference

play

This command is available for UNIX only.

The play command replays a sequence of keyboard and mouse actions, which

were previously saved to a file with the record command

(CR-130). Returns

nothing.

Note: Play returns immediately; the playback proceeds in the background. Caution must be used when

putting play commands in do (macro) files.

Syntax

play

Arguments

Specifies the recorded file to replay. Required.

Playback controls

The following Tcl set commands control the playback type and speed by setting

the play_macro() global variables. The commands are invoked from the

ModelSim command line.

set play_macro(speed)

Specify the playback speed: either demo (with the delay specified below), or fast (no

delays).

set play_macro(delay)

Specifies the delay time in milliseconds. Controls the speed of playback in demo mode.