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I just tried downloading 8.1i SP2, after Xilinx recently
'improved' their download page.

I ended up in an endless loop of :
1) click on download link
2) allow script (IE6 SP2 message).
3) back to starting page with no download

I'd normally right click->save as to get around this, but
the new Xilinx download page uses scripts instead of
direct links to the files, which prevents one from right
clicking to get the complete .exe

It took numerous tries of changing cookie/popup/script
settings before I found the right one:

my original IE6 SP2 settings:
Internet Options->Security->Default Level at "medium"

required change:
Internet Options->Security->Custom Level-> Downloads->
automatic prompting for file downloads to "enable"

Brian

the problems with download are not so big issue if the download works
at the end,
but not fixing the bugs sure is

ISE 8.1SP2

1 "Alt-GR" on keyboard fixed !!! NICE !!!
2 wrong hotkey - not fixed, ok I can live with it
3 http://bugs.xilant.com/view.php?id=14

not fixed!
I just needed to make a real minor change to real simple PLD design,
should take 1 minute to implement.
but ISE 8.1SP2 project navigator just self terminates !!

Oh, well lets wait for SP3 !!!

Antti

Antti wrote:
>
> the problems with download are not so big issue if the download works
> at the end, but not fixing the bugs sure is
>

I'm just using 8.x for simple test cases at the moment.
To actually get any work done, I'm using 6.3 at home, 7.x at work.

BTW, thanks for your Embedded World notes:
>
>Both my youngest have now a ass-sledge with Silica logo
>
Ass-sledges, along with sharp pointy sticks, can also be
quite handy for dealing with buggy FPGA vendors

Brian

Brian Davis wrote:
> I just tried downloading 8.1i SP2, after Xilinx recently
> 'improved' their download page.
>
> I ended up in an endless loop of :
> 1) click on download link
> 2) allow script (IE6 SP2 message).
> 3) back to starting page with no download
>
> I'd normally right click->save as to get around this, but
> the new Xilinx download page uses scripts instead of
> direct links to the files, which prevents one from right
> clicking to get the complete .exe
>
> It took numerous tries of changing cookie/popup/script
> settings before I found the right one:
>
> my original IE6 SP2 settings:
> Internet Options->Security->Default Level at "medium"
>
> required change:
> Internet Options->Security->Custom Level-> Downloads->
> automatic prompting for file downloads to "enable"

You can also do "View source" and then cut and paste the link to the
executable directly into the address bar.

Cheers,
Jon