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manual: IM 36K10C50-01EN
title: Edit Module
edition: 3rd Edition, Sep. 2023
version: R1.03
status: display CIENG_Tank built by the user in the Edit Module (text, number field, alarm overview, trend) and checked as XML and HTML 2026-10-01; jwuiutl search, validate and HTML export verified; other components, symbols, actions and the tutorial from docs
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# Edit Module (R1.03)

The Edit Module draws displays and symbols for the Operator Interface (desktop) and the HTML
display. Displays are XML files (`IM36K10R30-01EN.md` §1). Section numbers refer to the manual.

## 1. Window and files (§1)

- Window: sheets, component bar, graphic sheet, symbols sheet, menu, toolbar, edit area.
- *File > New Display* (Ctrl+N), *New Symbol* (Ctrl+Shift+N), *Save* (Ctrl+S), *Save with
  Revision Information* (who/when/why, kept in `revisionHistory`), *Save As*, *Save Selection
  as* (new symbol or display), print area, print. Open displays are locked (`<name>.lck`);
  autosave writes `<name>.xml.autosave`.
- *Edit > Find* searches the open display; `jwuiutl -m` searches all.
- **HTML display** check box (new display dialog / display properties): the editor then offers
  only HTML-supported components, properties and actions, and saving also writes the HTML file.
  HTML mode can be switched off later. Not for enterprise displays. The tab icon shows normal /
  HTML / HTML with unsupported content.
- Localisation: *Tools > Configure Localization* → *Extract Text*, add locale, translate;
  global and per-file tables; the operator's locale decides.
- *Playback > Record* records operator/editor sessions; *Open viewer* plays them back.

## 2. `jwuiutl` — batch operations (§1.5)

`jwuiutl.cmd` (in `tls\com`, Java; runs from a normal prompt):

| Option | Use |
|---|---|
| `-d` / `-s` | Only displays / only symbols (`-p <palette>`, `-g <group>`) |
| `-v` | Validate (connected items exist, components defined); report only. `-l <file>` writes the result, `-i` shows progress (`Validating <name>` / `Info: No problems found`) |
| `-vf` | Force validation and **save** every display/symbol |
| `-u` | Unlock locked files (`.lck` left by a crashed editor) |
| `-c` / `-a` | Clean up temporary files / validate + unlock + clean up |
| `-m <terms>` / `-M <terms>` | Print matching components (CSV) / with actions and properties |
| `-e HTML [-o <dir>] [-f <deployment>] [<display>]` | Export HTML displays |
| `-b`, `-z`, `-h true/false` | Also save `.xml.bin` (faster loading) / compressed / set HTML mode |
| `-un`, `-pw` | User for enterprise displays |

**Verified on the test system:** `-d -m TANK1` and `-d -v -i -l` ran without errors; locked
displays and displays saved by a newer version are skipped (`*** Display locked <name>`,
`… created with a newer version of CI Server (R1.04.0.0)`); `-e HTML -i -f DEPLOY CIENG_Tank`
wrote `mobileoperator\operatorInterfaces\DEPLOY\displays\CIENG_Tank.html`.

## 3. Components (§2)

Shapes (rectangle, ellipse, arc, polygon, spline, line, links), text / text field / text area
/ password field, number and number field, icon, rectangular and circular scales, radial, data
bar, spinner, slider, push/toggle button, check box, radio button, combo box, list box, date
and time field, **alarm overview** (current/historical; acknowledge, block, shelve, link display,
export; dialog tabs Types, Columns, Filter, Alarm link display, Appearance, Header and footer,
Fetching, Alarm Shelving, Enterprise, Advanced, Attributes), list of blocked items, alarm
sound, dataset tables (view/edit dataset records), report, **trend** (pens on items with
history; shows limits; time slider and controls; definitions can be saved from the operator
interface), DTS trend, micro trend, playback indicator, calculation/function, JavaScript
function, web browser, PDF viewer, navigation tree, display generator, map viewer.

## 4. Sheets (§4)

Visualization (displays/symbols tree), zoom, visibility groups (shown by zoom factor),
**parameters** (default read-only ones such as `name`, `attachedObject`, `client`, `server`,
`mouseX`; user-defined with scope; `$name` in command lines), messages, symbols, **properties**
(connect a property to an item attribute, parameter or dataset field; linear transformations;
writable properties: value, item name parts, id, units, description, status number/text,
control status, option bits), layers, attributes, edit history (undo/redo), **actions** (open /
close display, execute command, read/write parameters; triggered by component events).

Open-display action (verified): `<action type="actionActivateDisplay">` with
`<type type="displayActivationType" value="ActivateSpecific"/>` (factory files also use
`ActivateReplace`), `<display>`, optional `<layout>` (empty = current window) and `<layoutFrame>`,
plus `<parameter>` entries for display parameters. Layout commands from a component:
*Execute command* `ACTION <command>` (e.g. `ACTION navigate back default`). A trend property
connected by mistake (`chart.attribute[00]` -> item) makes the Operator Interface show
*Short attribute name ... is invalid* when the display opens; remove the connection.

## 5. Symbols (§5)

*File > New Symbol*; put it on a palette (attributes sheet); external user-defined parameters
become properties of each instance; after changing a symbol run *Tools > Validate all
Symbols* and *Validate all Displays* (with all tabs closed); a symbol can be linked to a
PROCESS Service class so each instance shows one object; data location (display, operator's
CI Portal, display's server, enterprise, node).

## 6. What the display file stores (verified with CIENG_Tank)

- `<coreObjectDefinition type="displayDefinition">` with `<html>true</html>`, `<width>`,
  `<height>`, grid, revision history, visibility groups, layers.
- Components as elements (`text`, `numberField`, `alarmOverview`, `chart` = trend).
- Item connections in `<globalSection>`: `<itemName>CI-Eng-Sample.TANK1.LEVEL</itemName>` **and**
  `<itemId>1.1.248.0.0.1.1.7</itemId>`. Trend pens: `<source uri="ci:/item/<item>"/>`; a new
  trend has 5 empty pens.
- **After a sample remove/reload the item got id 268** while the file kept 248: `jwuiutl -v` still
  reported *No problems found*, and a newly opened session showed the live value — the name is
  what counts. Sessions that were already open kept the old binding (value frozen) until the
  display was opened in a new session.

## 7. Tutorial (§6)

Builds wheels, faceplates, valve symbols, indicators, PID faceplates with mode and setpoint
dialogs, scales, limit colours, tag info and pinning buttons — a guided exercise in the GUI.