Entity Layout STATES

Synopsis

object_id str - The name of the entity that is associated with the parameter. This can be the type name of an entity defined in the entity library, in which case the parameter will be positioned on all the entities of that type. It can also be the the instance name of the required entity. The instance name should be the complete hierarchical name. When specifying a level name from the hierarchy, the instance name, not the type name, should be used. Each level in the hierarchy should be seperated by a '.'. Therefore the syntax for a complete hierarchical name is : top_level_instance_name.next_level_name. ... .last_level_name.
The param information given to an instance overrides the param information of the library component.

state_namei str - One of the states defined the ENTITY declaration.

gif_imagei str - The gif image to be associated with this state. This image will first be searched in the project/bitmaps directory, then in the HASE_directory/bitmaps. If not found, the HASE_directory/bitmaps/default_ent.gif image will be used. If no state is defined or no image is associated with a state, the name of the entity (not of the instance) is used to find the gif image.

Example

STATES (SDB_REG, SDB_REG_BUSY)

sdb_reg : STATES SDB_REG:operand SDB_REG_BUSY:operand_busy

Note: This statement has to be put in place of the previous statement:
sdb_reg : PARAM cur_state MODE ENT_ICON POSITION (0,0)
The name of the state parameters is now my_state, in case of a tranformation from an existing project, you have to get rid of all cur_state references both in .edl file and in .hase files.

The Entity Layout format is a list of lines each of which should have one of the following format:

object_id : POSITION (x,y) info1 info2 info3
or

object_id : PORT port_name SIDE entity_side POSITION port_position position_string ICON icon_file
or

object_id : PARAM param_name MODE mode_name POSITION (param_x,param_y)
or

object_id : STATES state_name1:gif_image1 state_name2:gif_image2 ...
or

object_id : LINKCORNER src_entity src_port dest_entity dest_port no_of_corners (cx1,cy1) ...

where object_id can be either an entity name (which has been declared in the entity library of the edl file, or a component name defined as a CHILD of a COMPENTITY or as an AENTITY in the STRUCTURE.