Earl:  There are some Excellent OpenG Tools for saving configuration
items like this 
(see http://openg.org)

In general it is both impossible and inadvisable to save your
configuration as default values at runtime.
The reason it is inadvisable is that it subverts your version control.
By changing default values your software has "changed" and you have a
new version.  It's better to keep user-modifiable items in a separate
file which is not subject to revision control.  Even if you're not doing
any formal revision control, it's still helpful to your sanity to know
when a certain piece of software was last changed.

Jason Dunham
SF Industrial Software, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Earl Quillian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 2:14 PM
To: LabVIEW List
Subject: [W] Save Controls as default


Hello all,

I am using LV 7/XP and I have encountered a situation which I think
should
have a simple answer.  

Basically, I have a panel that allows the user to make changes to some
controls and I need to save the settings so that the next time that
LabVIEW
is loaded, the user's modifications to the controls are there?  

This will occur at runtime, so 'Operate' and 'Make Current Values
Default'
will not work.  There are clusters and menu items (8 of each) and I
would
like to save their values as default without writing external file(s).

 
Any tips are welcome and certainly appreciated!!!

 
Thanks,

 
Earl


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