Using "make current values default" will save a set of default values into all controls on the front panel. If you want the values to not just be default but be saved from run-to-run you need serialization of controls. When initializing controls (usually before the main user loop) you feed your controls data from a stored file and at the end of the program the settings are stored back (overwritten) to the same "preference" file. Reading and writing complex data forms might seem like it would be a pain to implement but Labview has a nice method for such data persistence. Use the Advanced>>Data Manipulation>>XML VI's. Flatten your control to XML using, you guest it, "Flatten to XML" then use write XML to file to save settings. Do the reverse to initialize controls by reading XML file and unflattening XML data. I have had nice results with these VIs in the past and although not the most compact data form (we are in the age of 100+GB hard drives so what's a few bytes between friends?) will give you well formatted data with almost no additional work. If you just want default data settings and not data persistence then ignore this message.
Paul
