Hi Ray,
So, why isn't it better to use 'C'/'Matlab'/Perl to generate a .mem file
that data2mem loads into the previously compiled .bit file? It still meets
the 'you don't have to touch any of your design files' criterion, but saves
a P&R each time you change the memory contents.
Cheers, Syms.

http://toolbox.xilinx.com/docsan/xil...dev/data2b.pdf