Top Files

Top Files must be specified in order to build a project. During a build an internal dictionary is created, which is used for autocomplete and code navigation capabilities (see also Build).

	Files analyzed via Top Files are marked with a blue bullet, for example in the Navigator view.
	Files with no bullet are not considered relevant for the project.

Specify the Top Files for a project using Right click on a project > Properties > Verilog Top Files.

To specify Top Files, INCDIR etc. you can also directly edit the corresponding files <project_dir>.dvt/.vlog_top_files, <project_dir>.dvt/.vlog_inc_dir etc. and use:

• -f <file_name> to include a file containing more commands.
  Important NOTE: The builder will ignore all files with extensions other than: ".v", ".V", ".vp", ".VP", ".vs", ".VS", ".v95", ".V95", ".v95p", ".V95P", ".sv", ".SV", ".svp", ".SVP", ".svi", ".svh".
  This behavior has been introduced starting with DVT version 2.9.3. For backward compatibility (consider all files specified in command files as Verilog code) use the +disable_ext flag
• system variables like ${var} or %var%
• absolute paths
• comments (//,--,#)
• Top Files only: +incdir+<path> or -incdir <path> to indicate search directories for files included with `include "filename"
• Top Files only: +define+<DEFINE>[=<replacement>] or -define <DEFINE> [=<replacement>] similar with `define name replacement
• Top Files only: -v <path> to specify the Verilog source library file
• Top Files only: -y <path> to specify the Verilog source library directory
• Top Files only: +libext+<suffix> to specify suffix (extension) of files in the library directories
• Top Files only: +disable_ext to configure the VlogDT builder to parse all files specified in command (.f) files, regardless of extension