Control of “Open_Create_Replace File.vi” default file sort order.

[StevenC]

  In my application the user selects a test recipe file from a directory containing multiple recipe files. Recently “Open_Create_Replace File.vi” file open dialog has defaulted to displaying the list of files sorted in date order instead of alphabetical order by name (only on the target machine). As this makes the finding the desired recipe file difficult I would like to change it back to alphabetical order. Does someone know what controls the default sort order? Or is there a way I can control the default sort order?

  Note: Changing the default view for that folder in windows explorer does not affect the order of the file open dialog.

Currently using Labview 8.2.1 on Windows XP.

Steven

 

[smercurio_fc]

Odd. I've never seen that happen before. On my system it displays the items in alphabetical order. What happens if you use the File Dialog function instead? You could use the LabVIEW-style dialogs by unchecking the option "Use native file dialogs" in the Environment section, though they're not as "spiffy" as the OS ones

[StevenC]

smercurio_fc, 

Yes it is certainly odd.  Thanks for the idea, I will test the File Dialog function next time I am at our customer's site. As for changing the "Use native file dialogs" I would rather not change a high level setting like that, as it may have other unintended consequences in other applications.

Steven