how to save/read a table to/from disk

[Sloppy]

hi

i have a table that the user enters data into and I would like to be able to save this data in a comma delimited text format on disk and then read it back and restore the table

can this be done (i'm sure) and most importantly how would I go about doing it

Thanks in advance.

[Chris Matthews]

Yes, what you would do is read the values from the table with GetTableCellRangeVals. This will give you an array of values. Then use the function ArrarToFile to output a comma-delimited file from the array.

Best Regards,

Chris Matthews
National Instruments

[Sloppy]

hi Chris

thanks for the response.

I found another way as well

i wired the table to a Frac/Exp String to number VI and then wired that to a Write to spreadsheet file VI and it generates, an admittedly, tab delimited file, however simply reversing the procedure permits me to re-populate the table from the spreadsheet file.

i will look at your suggestion however.

thanks again for the help

[Chris Matthews]

Sorry, you are obviously using LabVIEW, my instruction was for LabWindows/CVI. I assumed you were using CVI since you posted your question to the LabWindows/CVI forum.

Chris