Default text in a text entry box
Hello,
I am working on a vi that functions as a operator panel for a piece of equipment. The user is able to hit a setup button that brings up another vi (based on the "prompt user for input" express vi) so they can fill in about 15 different fields with setup perameters. I would like all the entery boxes (text boxes, drop down boxes, and numeric entry boxes) to default to the data entered the last time ti vi executed and be displayed in the boxes when the vi executes. This is so that if the user only wants to change one setup point, they do not have to re-enter all 15 perameters. So far I have not been able to figure out how to do this. Please help. Thanks.
Greg
Gregory Osenbach, CLA
Fluke
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Just remove the "invoke node" with method "Reinitialize to defaults" and all fields should retain their values during the same session.
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