instrument driver not saving in workspace

[ElectroLund]

I'm very new to LabWindows, so sorry for a newbie question.  I've added an instrument driver to my project to have secure obfuscated text entry on a text string control for password purposes.  See here.

However, when I close LabWindows and reopen, the IDE seems to forget about the password instrument. I have to re-add it each time.  Why doesn’t my workspace remember the instruments?

I tried looking in the ASCII of the workspace or the project file to see if there was a hard reference to the password fb file.  Couldn’t find one.

[RobertoBozzolo · Accepted solution]

You may solve this problem in two ways.

If the password control is to be used in that project only, add pwctrl.fp to the project itself.

If you plan to use this instrument for several projects of yours, you can add it to the library menu (Library >> Customise... menu netry, then browse to the instrument file to add it to the list and then restart CVI).

[ElectroLund]

Ahh, I like the second option too.  I noticed that with the first option, this didn't immediately work until I closed and reopened LabWindows.

Thanks!