CimEdit/CimView Screen Search from an Editable Screen

CimEdit/CimView goes through the following search sequence for another screen when the current screen file is in a .cim or .ctx format. When a match is found, CimEdit/CimView uses the screen file and stops the search..

CimEdit/CimView looks for:

1st

The exact specified file in the current directory.

2nd

 A .cim or .cimrt extension in the current directory.

If the specified extension is a CimEdit extension (.cim, .cimrt, .ctx or .asc), for its search, CimEdit substitutes in the following order:

  1. .cim.

  2. .cimrt.

If the specified extension is not a CimEdit extension (.cim, .cimrt, .ctx or .asc), for its search, CimEdit appends in the following order:

  1. .cim.

  2. .cimrt.

3rd

 A .cim or .cimrt extension in the directory path specified by the GMMI_SCREENS library directories.

If the specified extension is a CimEdit extension (.cim, .cimrt, .ctx or .asc), CimEdit substitutes:

  1. .cim.

  2. .cimrt.

If the specified extension is not a CimEdit extension (.cim, .cimrt, .ctx or .asc), CimEdit appends:

  1. .cim.

  2. .cimrt.

4th

A .ctx extension, per the 2nd and 3rd search sequence.

5th

A .asc extension, per the 2nd and 3rd search sequence.

More information

CimEdit/CimView screen search sequence.