How can I save do a Savepanel to a file that is formatted in ascii?

[cheinzl]

I would like to be able to do the equivalent of a SavePanelState, but have the variable/values be saved in an ascii file so they are readable outside of CVI.

Can this be done?

Thanks,
Carl

[RobertoBozzolo]

There isn't a built-in function thatfo so that I know of, but you could create an automatic function that:

1. Takes a panel handle as a parameter
2. Iterates on all controls in a panel from GetPanelAttribute (..., ATTR_PANEL_FIRST_CTRL, &ctrlID); until GetCtrlAttribute (..., ctrlID, ATTR_NEXT_CTRL, &ctrlID); return ctrlID = 0
3. Skips unneded controls (decorations, splitter, pictures and so on
4. Retrieves the control type (whether string or numeric and which type) and its value in a proper variable
5. Saves to a file the control ID and its value, and optionally the control constant name

I have done some similar operation some time ago and it's not difficult but implies some effort in determinig which control to operate on and how.

(Note: part of the site is down on maintenance now so that lines of code can be wrong but the basic concepts can drive you to the correct attributes to use)

[Wolfgang]

My personal approach is to use the inifile instrument driver for reading and writing .ini style files. It's very flexible at the price that every value requires its own function call.