how to write table values into a configuration file

[MikeS81]

Hi Jagan,

i thought the first example works. What do you mean with configuration file, an *.ini file??

Mike

[MikeS81]

Hi Jagan,

if you mean an ini file, here is an example for you. There are of course more ways to do it.

Mike

Message Edited by MikeS81 on 05-01-2008 10:26 AM

[2716jag]

Hey Mike

configuration file in the sense, we are saving the parameter value of front panel in to a file using

open config >read key (load config) / Write key (save config)> close config vi's.

now u get what im asking . in that i need to save an 2d array. and to load without using file I/O that is without "write spreadsheet.vi".

[smercurio_fc]

To write to an INI file you use the Configuration File functions. Those, of course, are still file I/O. There is no "automatic" format for 2D arrays. The INI format had no knowledge of formats. It's key=value. That's it. This means you have to make up your own format for how you want to save a 2D array to an INI file if that's what you really want to use. In the past I've seen people use something like

row1=value1,value2,value3
row2=value1,value2,value3

A simple loop, as has already been shown, can be used to create the strings.


Message Edited by smercurio_fc on 05-01-2008 08:53 AM

[smercurio_fc]

I should point out that the above example was for integer values, and it was for small arrays. The "value" part of a key is limited in length. You should consider an alternate method to save the 2D data. What exactly do you have against the spreadsheet-format file? It seems like the most natural way to save the data, rather than jumping through hoops to get it into a config file.