CimEdit, Text, Editable .ctx Files

About this task

Text .ctx files are slower in operation than the binary . cim files. However, there may be times when you want to do a massive character search and replace, for example changing a tr in a Point ID to an RT. You can do this easily by saving the file as a .ctx file, opening it in a text editor such as Notepad and making your changes.

You save the .ctx file the same way you save a .cim file, except you select the ( Text screens *.ctx) file format option.

Select the .ctx file encoding

Procedure

  1. Click the CimEdit button .

    The CimEdit menu opens.

  2. Click the Options button.

    The Options dialog box opens.

  3. Select File.
  4. Check one of the three encoding options.

    The options are:

    • Unicode (UCS-2)
    • Unicode (UTF-8)
    • ANSI
  5. Click OK.

Results

Ctx files will be saved in the selected encoding.