What are you doing different from last year?

[plnyyanks]

Originally Posted by plnyyanks

Actually, I'm not exactly sure the answer to that question. I know you can set the default value for data read from an INI file, but I'm not sure if/how to do it using a TypeDef. You might have to write a subVI. Hmmm, I'll have to think about that one.

Here's your stupid Phil moment of the day. I got an answer to this about 10 minutes after I last posted, but didn't get the chance to sit down an do it.

To do this, all you have to do is flatten your data to a string and write that to the INI file, and then read it and unflatten it (just like you would with XML data). The only problem is that you can't read/edit the INI file in a text editor, but that problem is there whenever you use "flatten to string". Attached is some sample code to illustrate what I mean.

[SuperS_5]

Originally Posted by plnyyanks

To do this, all you have to do is flatten your data to a string and write that to the INI file, and then read it and unflatten it (just like you would with XML data). The only problem is that you can't read/edit the INI file in a text editor, but that problem is there whenever you use "flatten to string". Attached is some sample code to illustrate what I mean.

The openG INI toolkit does exactly this except it tries to keep the various sections human readable. Any kind of data can be passed to it.