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Define Additional Life Cycle States
Windchill includes several predefined life cycle states in the out-of-the-box life cycle templates. To define additional states, edit the following file:
StateRB.rbInfo
Resource files are located in subdirectories under <Windchill>/src.
Newly defined states are added to the existing states when you recompile the resource files and deploy the class files to your production environment. For more information, see the following customization topics:
Best Practices for Customizing Files Supplied by PTC
About the Enumerated Type Customization Utility
Editing the Resource Info for an Enumerated Type
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Removing a value you previously added to an enumerated type (for example, removing a state in the StateRB.rbInfo resource file), could result in serious runtime error. Do not remove a state unless you are certain there is no reference to it within the system.
As with other resource bundles, states might be marked as non-selectable to prevent their use in new instances.