Using an Alternative INI File

When Citect SCADA starts up, it reads default values from the Citect.ini configuration file. Citect 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 Citect SCADA system applications (CitectIDE.exe and Citect32.exe) as a command line argument.

1. Click the icon that you use to start Citect 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 Citect SCADA 2018 using the initialization file "my.ini", enter the following line:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Schneider Electric\Citect SCADA 2018\bin\citect32.exe" -i"c:\citect\user\myproj\MY.INI"

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

Published June 2018