Use an Alternative INI File

When Plant SCADA starts up, it reads default values from the Citect.ini configuration file. Plant SCADA expects this file to exist in the config folder in the User and Data directory selected during installation. If the file is not found in this location, it will not search elsewhere and will instead display an error.

If you need to store your INI file elsewhere, specify the path to it on the command line when starting citect32.exe and CitectIDE.exe.

If you are running multiple projects, you can specify an alternative Citect.ini file for each project. The new INI file name needs to be passed to the Plant SCADA system applications (CitectIDE.exe and Citect32.exe) as a command line argument.

To specify an alternative INI file for Plant SCADA:

1. Click the icon that you use to start Plant SCADA Studio or Runtime.

2. Right-click to display the shortcut menu and select Properties.

3. Click the Shortcut tab.

4. Add the name of the INI file to the command line property of the appropriate icon using the -i option. For example, to start Plant SCADA using the initialization file "my.ini", enter the following line:

   "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\AVEVA Plant SCADA\bin\citect32.exe" -i"c:\citect\user\myproj\MY.INI"

   Note: The Setup Wizard uses the same INI as specified for Plant SCADA Studio. You can specify different INI files for both the Runtime and Plant SCADA Studio programs. However, if you initiate Runtime from Plant SCADA Studio, it uses the INI that is specified for Plant SCADA Studio.