Welcome to Citect for Windows Version 3.00

All the information you require to implement a Citect system is included in the Design Guide, a new multimedia based help system included with the Citect software, and installed on your computer with the Citect installation program.

Ø To display the Design Guide:

  1. Start either the Project Editor or Graphics Builder (with an icon from the Citect group).

    NOTE: If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Citect, back up all existing projects before starting the Project Editor or Graphics Builder.

  2. From the Help menu, select Design Guide.

Ø To learn how to use the Design Guide:

  1. From the Design Guide Help menu, select How To Use This Guide.

NOTE: For the latest information (including upgrading from Citect Version 2.xx, and errors in the documentation), click on The Latest Information button. (For information about new features, click on the What's New in This Release button.)

Upgrading the CITECT.FRM file

If you have modified the CITECT.FRM file, you must follow this procedure:

1. Back up your projects before installing version 3.0.

2. Back up your existing CITECT.FRM file.

3. Rename your existing CITECT.FRM file to VERSION2.FRM.

4. Install Version 3.0 (Do not run the Project Editor or Graphics Builder).

5. Rename the CITECT.FRM file (installed with Version 3.0) to VERSION3.FRM. (You need this file to merge with your version 2.xx CITECT.FRM, so that the final

CITECT.FRM file will have both your changes and version 3.0 updates.)

6. Copy VERSION2.FRM to CITECT.FRM.

7. Using a text editor, copy the following form definitions from VERSION3.FRM to CITECT.FRM:

Animated Symbols ("pgansym")

Size and Move ("pgsizmve")

Sliders ("pgslider")

Events ("events")

Accumulators ("accums")

8. Add the following option to your WINDOWS\CITECT.INI file:

[Convert]HardCodedVersion2FormFile = 0

(The conversion program bypasses the predefined database formats and uses the formats from your CITECT.FRM file.)

9. Run the Graphics Builder to convert your library, template and DBF files into Version 3 format, using your modified (Version 2) CITECT.FRM file.

NOTE: If any database warnings display, contact Citect Technical Support.

10. Close both the Graphics Builder and the Project Editor.

11. Using a text editor, merge the remainder of the changes in VERSION3.FRM with CITECT.FRM. (Open both files with a text editor and manually copy any changes from VERSION3.FRM to CITECT.FRM.)

12. Set [CTEdit]Upgrade=1 in the WINDOWS\CITECT.INI file.

13. Run the Project Editor or Graphics Builder and select "Yes" to confirm the upgrade (DBF files only).

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