Patent ID: 7043495

Claim:
A method of generating a file, the method comprising the steps of: (A) generating a programming item from a plurality of parameters that define a program for a programmable logic device; (B) storing said programming item in a programming field of said file suitable for programming said programmable logic device; (C) storing at least one of said parameters device in a non-programming field of said file; (D) generating an error detection item; (E) storing said error detection item in a second non-programming field of said file; (F) storing another of said parameters in a third non-programming field of said file; (G) storing an identification item in a fourth non-programming field of said file; and (H) bracketing a combination of said non-programming field, said second non-programming field, said third non-programming field, and said fourth non-programming field with a pair of delimiters.