Class Private Data's Description cannot be edited

[Michael_Munroe]

This problem has been around for years, but I only verified it in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2020x64.

Procedure:

• Open any class private data's properties
• Enter any description
• Close the control
• Choose Save All Changes
• Save All
• Hover over the class private data and the help shows the description
• Close the project
• Open the project
• Hover over the class private data and the help shows the description
• Open the class private data's description
• The description is BLANK
• A new description can be entered and saved, but the old description cannot be edited

Repeat the procedure with VI Server and the result is the same.  You can set the description, and read it back. But after reopening the project VI Server reads the class private data description as blank.

[LucianM]

I see the same behavior in LV2020 SP1f1 but why would you want to add a description in class private data ctl instead of Class Properties->Documentation?