ADE XL - Adding a pre-run script

Hi, I am using Virtuoso 6.1.6-64b.500.10

MMSIM version 131_ISR10

Spectre version 13.1.1.205.isr10 32bit

I had used a pre-run script in a previous life and I seem to remember - especially for the use I made - it was fairly simple to set up.

I wanted to rebrush my knowledge in view of a more advanced use, but I find I am stuck at the really basics, so I am checking whether I am doing something fundamentally wrong or something else is preventing me to achieve my goal.

I do what I think should be the easiest thing, i.e. from an ADE XL test, just right-click -> Pre-Run script... then choose "a" template (there is only one ;-)), enable it by ticking the box, and slightly modifying it.

In detail:

1. I have a simple test bench with a capacitor, whose value is declared as
2. Cvar a variable
3. I set up an adexl view with Cvar as a global variable
4. RMB on test name, Pre-Run script --> Load Template --> modify --> enable
5. The template is an OCEAN file fully commented out. For my purposes, I just want to  change the value of Cvar , therefore all I do is to add a statement like: desVar( "Cvar" 3p )
6. I run the simulation

I cannot observe any hint, after the run cycle, of the pre-run script having been launched. I find no trace of it, neither in the Output Log, nor CIW.

If I observe the netlist actually input to the simulator, I see that Cvar has the unchanged value, not the one that should have been set by my desVar() statement.

Am I doing something fundamentally wrong?

I found this interesting appNote, where one can read on page 21:

 For releases before IC6.1.6 ISR3, add just a printf(“ “) in the editor and save it with .ocn extension and click at the Enable checkbox (only needed for testverif). In the later versions of IC6.1.6 ISR3 and above, just enabling the ‘Pre Run Script’ would turn on the functionality.

The text above is referred to the addition of a Pre-run script. I did add the dummy printf() statement, however I could not find a way of referencing the *.ocn file, no matter what I selected in the dialog box, I always ended up pointing at preRunScript, not my preRunScript.ocn

All in all I am not sure I am doing something wrong or there is a detail I am missing, because I do not remember sweating this much last time I tried!

Thanks for any hints,

Michele