| Limited online configuration is possible
with Citect. Citect allows you to make changes to your
configuration while it is running. If you edit the background of a
graphics page, no recompilation is required. This is because the
graphics page is saved as a .CTG file. These same files are used by
the runtime system to display the background of a page. Any other
changes to the graphic page (animation related changes) would
require recompilation. (This includes moving the location of an
animation). This is because animation information is saved in .DBF
files. These files are not used by the runtime system. They are
compiled into .RDB files that are then used by the runtime system.
The compiled database will cause the runtime system to display some
of the configured changes, but not all. It is difficult to
determine what changes will be reflected on the runtime system
because much of the RDB information is already loaded in memory. In
order for Citect to display all the changes you must shutdown
Citect and restart it.
Any other configuration changes such as editing Cicode or
editing anything at all in CtEdit requires recompilation followed
by Citect shutdown and restart.
See also Q1271.
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