<entity>

The design entity name. If there is no design entity, use empty double quotation marks (""). If you specify a design entity, the Quartus^® II software lists only the assignments from the Entity Settings File (.esf) for the design entity. Otherwise, the Quartus II software lists assignments from the Project Settings File (.psf) and Project Configuration File (.quartus) for the project, and not assignments from any ESF.

<destination>

The statement containing the destination of the parameter you want to add. If there is no destination name, use empty double quotation marks ("").

<name>

The name of the parameter you want to add or change.

<value>

The value you want to assign to the parmeter.