I've got major issues here. I've installed Xilinx 9.2i with the latest updates and service packs, and am trying to get Synplify 8.9 to actually work with it. The problem is that although I can compile my code fine, when it comes time to start the Place and Route state, nothing happens. I know my project files are OK because I ran the same project on another machine which had the same software except for an earlier version of Xilinx. I even created a test project from scratch to test this, and the same problem occured - Xilinx just won't take over after compilation in Synplicity (both Premier and Pro suffer the same problem).
It should *just work*, it has so in the past. I have the par implementation ticked and XILINX & PATH env settings all enabled properly. I would have though if Synplicity couldn't activate that it would complain with an error message, but it's as if it's not even trying to load the xilinx tools to continue.
Since the only difference between this machine and the one that works is a newer version of Xilinx, I'm guessing it's too new for Synplify 8.9. I have no idea what to do.