Probably not the most easiest part to start with if your new to Citect. I know Bradley (one of the moderators on this forum) is working on a document 'Building Composite Genies', but I don't think it's finished yet. Creating your own composite genies from scratch is not very easy. I developed some composites and to speed up I started by copying an existing composite, preferably one which looks like an existing one. There are two UIDs in the file, you have to replace them by some new created UIDs. You can them start playing by modifying the composite xml. If you make a modification you can check directly if it doesn't contain error in the Graphics Builder. If there's an error it pinpoints you to the exact location of the error. You can also monitor directly what the composite will look like in Runtime. If you have worked with XML before things get easier. The hardest part is always figuring out what you have to create / how it should look like / which options should be available. Good luck!
Thanks for the info. In fact yes I know thats not easy but before i try to make modify in composite genie, i would like to know where i can modify (XML file, genies etc..) or if there is a architecture of de composite genie structure.
The default composite genie can be found in a sub folder of the SA_Library project. A composite xml consist of Gobal Conditions / Parameters / Alarm Indicators / Content Items / Compositions. For instance the Content Items link to the genie libraries. You can edit edit the xml for instance with notepad++. Genies have to be created with the Graphics Builder. If you paste a composite genie on a page an instance is created and stored in the _CompositionCaches folder of your project. Good luck.
