A remote update difference file is generated by the Convert Programming Files dialog box (File menu) and contains the data for new pages added to a Programmer Object File for Remote Update (.pof).

A local update difference file is generated by the Convert Programming Files dialog box and contains the data added to page 1 of a Programmer Object File for Local Update (.pof).

Remote update difference files and local update difference files use the file name of the output programming file name specified in the File Name box of the Convert Programming Files dialog box.

The following file formats are available in the Quartus^® II software for remote update difference files and local update difference files:

• Hexadecimal (Intel-Format) Output File (.hexout)
• Jam^™ File (.jam)
• Jam Byte-Code File (.jbc)

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