play

This command is available for UNIX only (excluding Linux).

The play command replays a sequence of keyboard and mouse actions that were previously saved to a file with the record command. 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

<filename>

Arguments

<filename>

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.

See also

macro_option, record

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