
- •Contents
- •Preface
- •About This Manual
- •Manual Organization
- •Typographic and Syntax Conventions
- •Platform Support
- •Related Manuals
- •Related Resources
- •Verilog Resources
- •VHDL Resources
- •Overview of NCLaunch
- •Usage Concepts
- •Environment
- •Selection
- •Customization of File Types and Available Commands
- •Tools and Options
- •Saving and Restoring Data
- •Invocation and Command Syntax
- •NCLaunch Components
- •Importing a Design
- •Exporting a Design
- •Using NCLaunch
- •Menu Bar
- •File Menu
- •Edit Menu
- •Tools Menu
- •Utilities Menu
- •Plug-Ins Menu
- •Help Menu
- •File Browser
- •Library Browser
- •Console Window
- •Status Bar
- •Tool Bar
- •Customizing NCLaunch with Plug-Ins
- •Creating Plug-Ins
- •plugIndex File
- •The Initialization Script
- •Using Tk in Plug-ins
- •Hello World: A simple example
- •Editing and Creating Buttons

NCLaunch User Guide
Using NCLaunch
Figure 2-32 Shell Generator Advanced Options
Plug-Ins Menu
The Plug-Ins menu lists any customized plug-ins you have created or installed. You can enable or disable the available plug-ins using the toggle button. In the above example, the User Buttons plug-in is enabled.
Figure 2-33 on page 52 shows the NCLaunch menu bar with the User Buttons plug-in enabled.
Figure 2-33 User Buttons Menu Enabled
See Chapter 3, “Customizing NCLaunch with Plug-Ins” for information on creating and using plug-ins.
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NCLaunch User Guide
Using NCLaunch
Help Menu
The items under the Help menu display a help message or invoke the document reader to display the appropriate document for that topic.
NCLaunch User Guide
Links to the Cadence online documentation display system and displays the NCLaunch User Guide.
Related Products
■NC Verilog Help: Links to the NC Verilog Simulator Help.
■NC VHDL Help: Links to the NC VHDL Simulator Help.
What’s New
■NCLaunch Product Notes: Links to a document that describes the new features in this release of the product.
■NCLaunch KPNS: Links to a document that describes the known problems and suggested solutions for this release of the product.
About NCLaunch
Displays a form that contains the Cadence copyright message and the version of NCLaunch that you are running, as shown in Figure 2-34 on page 54.
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