ci-server-engineer/knowledge/manuals/IM36K10R20-01EN.md

manual	title	edition	version	status
IM 36K10R20-01EN	Setup File Editor	3rd Edition, Sep. 2023	R1.03	from docs; launcher, file location and metadata keywords checked read-only on the test system (2026-09-30)

Setup File Editor (R1.03)

What setup files are, how the Setup File Editor shows and changes them, and the comment keywords (metadata) inside a setup file that the editor reads to build its forms. Section numbers refer to the manual.

1. Setup files (§1)

• CI Server reads its setup files (*.sup) at startup. Installed files hold the default values; change a value, then restart CI Server for it to take effect.
• Location: %TLS_ROOT_PATH%\tls\sup (about 200 files on the test system). Plain text.
• Lines starting with ! are comments/metadata; the other lines are the active settings, normally KEYWORD = value[, value…].
• The editor does not handle non-ASCII text (it is shown garbled), so labels cannot be localised.

2. Using the editor (§2)

• Start: Start menu CI Server → Setup File Editor (on the test system this runs %TLS_ROOT_PATH%\tls\com\fsuedit.cmd, a Java program).
• Main window: tabs Setup Files and Templates (the latter not in the manual, ISS-016); the list shows file name, description and status: Default when the active values equal the file's !DEFAULT block, Changed when any differs (ISS-016).
• Double-click a file (or File → Edit Setup File) to open its form: one tab per group of entries, with OK, Cancel and Help (help text of the entries). A field whose value differs from its default has a blue label. The manual says OK keeps changes in memory until Exit; in R1.03 OK writes the file at once (ISS-016). R1.03 also shows Undo Field and Reset Field. Reset Field is enabled when the cursor is in a changed field and sets it back to its !DEFAULT value; OK then saves.
• A keyword that may repeat (!TIMES = INF, e.g. PROXY_ENTRY in jwuiisg.sup) is shown as a frame (its !LABEL) with one input per argument and an Add button, a table with one row per active line and one column per argument, and icon buttons beside the table (apparently delete, update selected row, move up, move down; not in the manual, seen in R1.03).
• File menu: Edit Setup File; Open File (opens the raw file in Notepad); Print… (preview, then print); Refresh (re-read the list, e.g. after changing metadata); Exit (per the manual, asks whether to save unsaved changes).
• Edit menu: Reset to Default (only for files that define defaults); Edit Description (not usable); Toggle Read Only (locks a file against editing in the editor; toggle again to unlock).
• Help menu: editor help. Most commands are also on the right-click menu of the list.
• Unavailable commands are greyed out for a given file.

3. Metadata keywords (§3)

The editor builds its forms from comment lines in the setup file. All start with !.

File level (§3.1)

Keyword	Purpose
!DESCRIPTION = <text>	Description in the file list (first one wins; missing → "(Unknown)")
!INFO … !ENDINFO	Text for an Information tab
!TAB = <label>	Starts a tab; following keywords go on it. Keywords before the first tab (or all, if there are no tabs) go on a General tab. The manual says keywords before the first tab are ignored, but the R1.03 editor shows them on General (ISS-015).
!DEFAULT = YES/NO … !ENDDEFAULT	Default settings (each line prefixed with !); enables Reset to Default

Keyword level (§3.2) — between !KEYWORD : <syntax> and !ENDKEYWORD:

Keyword	Purpose
!LABEL = <text>	Frame caption around the arguments; advised with several arguments, repeats or a text argument
!KEYHELP … !ENDKEYHELP	Help text of the keyword
!TIMES = <n>/INF with optional `!MUST = a	b`
!ARGREPEAT	The argument list may repeat
!NUMTIMES = <from>,<to>	Settings named NAME_<n> sharing one definition

Only one of TIMES/MUST, ARGREPEAT and NUMTIMES per keyword.

Argument level (§3.3) — !ARG<n> = <label> … !ENDARG<n> with !KIND (required), !OPTIONS and !HELP … !ENDHELP.

Argument kinds (§3.4)

KIND	Label	OPTIONS
number	"label, unit"	pos, point (decimals), must, min = n, max = n, hex (positive hex; only must still applies)
coord	"label, x label, y label"	as number
string	label	default: no spaces/commas, written in double quotes. noquot, onequot, must, ucase, lcase, cstring (newline → \n), space, comma, nonum, format <letters>
switch	text after the check box	`on
list	label	comma-separated choices; * before the first = required
text	label	must be the last argument; the end word follows ... in the syntax (e.g. ... endheader). quot, must, cstring
timedate	"date label, time label"	none; only for CHANGE in time_table.sup

A full template and examples are in §3.4 and Appendix 1 (odbsrv.sup).

Test-system notes

• Setup files can be read without the editor: lines not starting with ! are the active settings; !KEYWORD/!HELP blocks explain them (task .claude/skills/portal-setup/tasks/read-setup-file.md).
• wfla_display.sup puts its main keywords before its only !TAB = Debug line; the editor shows them on a General tab, with values exactly as in the file (checked in the GUI, ISS-015).
• The R1.03 editor also has a Templates tab, a Status column (e.g. "Default"), Undo Field / Reset Field buttons and a status bar, none of them in the manual (ISS-016).
• Some installed files have no !DESCRIPTION (e.g. adtini.sup, almini.sup, durini.sup, itmini.sup); they show as "(Unknown)" in the list.