Automatic ini files

[huerttlen]

It would be nice, to have a checkbox "[x] automatically store/restore last setting" for every control.

It is annoying to restore a lot of settings at program startup from *.ini, and save current settings at program termination. Every time a control changes its value, I wish to have its current value stored and used as default at next startup.

[asimpson]

huerttlen's idea makes perfect sense to me, and I'm not sure that I understand the objections.

In visual basic, the properties for controls have a 'property binding' section which does this exact thing. It simply saves the value of a control from one execution of a program to the next, without having to program the file writing yourself.

Say that my control panel has a settings section which includes a com port selection control for a piece of hardware; I don't want to set that value every time I open the program, but it might also change under certain circumstances. Rather than updating both the value and the default value every time it is changed, or wiring everything to write it to an ini file, this automatic feature could be used.

[Darren]

Any idea that has received less than 5 kudos within 5 years after posting will be automatically declined.

[Intaris]

You mean like logging front panel data?

Possibly one of the least-known and under-used LabVIEW features of all?

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361H-01/lvconcepts/logging_front_panel_data/