Problem with read panel from ini and slow solution

[ASalcedo]

Hello to all.

I have an application wich use; imaqdx (displays...), sliders, many controls and many indicators, and everything in a tab control of 3 pages and 2 subVI.

I am trying to use "write and read panel to/from ini . vi".

The first thing that my program does is to read panel from ini.

Here there is the first problem because it gives the next error: "Error 91 "The data type of the variant is not compatible with the data type wired to the type input. Set control value"

Here is my piece of code in image attached (boolean input in open.vi is True).

I notticed that it gives me an error if the .ini file does not exist (but it should work even .ini file does not exist).

Well, my next step was to create a .ini file before to use "read panel from INI.vi".

So I use "write panel from INI.vi" and it works fine. It does not give me any error. and the ini file is the next:

[medir.vi]
Boca = "0,000000"
Camara 1 Configuracion = "\00\00\00\1Dremote image 0000000013F9C704\00\00\00\0Anivissvc.*\00\00\00\13LV_ImageDTClassInfo\00\00\00\01\00\13)É\00\00\10\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\10\00¬\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\1D)\13\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00<\04\00\00\00\00\00\00<\04\00\00\00\00\00\00\03\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00€\04\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00DÊù\13\00\00\00\00LÌj\0F<\1E\00\00ø\08\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\01\00\00\00\01\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\1D\00\00\00\00)\13\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00remote image 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Camara 2 = "0,000000"
led_boca = "FALSE"
Buena_boca = "0,000000"
mala_boca = "0,000000"
Espiga = "0,000000"
led_espiga = "FALSE"
buena_espiga = "0,000000"
Bulbo = "0,000000"
led_bulbo = "FALSE"
buena_bulbo = "0,000000"
Cuello = "0,000000"
led_cuello = "FALSE"
buena_cuello = "0,000000"
mala_cuello = "0,000000"
Cuerpo = "0,000000"
led_cuerpo = "FALSE"
buena_cuerpo = "0,000000"
mala_cuerpo = "0,000000"
Excentricidad = "0,000000"
Buenas = "0,000000"
Malas = "0,000000"
led_excen = "FALSE"
EXCENT = "0,000000"
Camara 2 Configuracion = "\00\00\00\15Threshold Destination\00\00\00\0Anivissvc.*\00\00\00\13LV_ImageDTClassInfo\00\00\00\01\00\00\00Á\00\00\10\0000\00\00\03\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\\00\00\00\00\00\00\00Threshold Destination"
Excentricidad.<size(s)> = "6"
Excentricidad 0. = "<size(s)=0> "
Excentricidad 1. = "<size(s)=0> "
Excentricidad 2. = "<size(s)=30> 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000"
Excentricidad 3. = "<size(s)=30> 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000"
Excentricidad 4. = "<size(s)=30> 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000"
Excentricidad 5. = "<size(s)=30> 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000 0,000000"
Nivel de luminosidad = "157,666672"
led_luminosidad = "TRUE"
Distancia promedio = "46,131313"
Bordes encontrados = "33"
Camara2_grafica = "0,000000"
Dist_Cuerpo_Cnfig = "0,000000"
Dist_Boca_Cnfig = "0,000000"
Dist_Espiga_Cnfig = "0,000000"
Dist_Bulbo_Cnfig = "0,000000"
Largo total = "0,000000"
led_largoTotal = "FALSE"
cuello_config_cluster.Left = "0"
cuello_config_cluster.Top = "0"
cuello_config_cluster.Right = "0"
cuello_config_cluster.Bottom = "0"
cuello_config_cluster.Rotation = "0,000000"
top_cuello_prod = "0"
botton_cuello_prod = "0"
PLC_Valor_Cuello = "0"
ampolla_ok_prod = "FALSE"
num_disparo_cam1 = "0,000000"
PLC_Valor_Espiga = "0"
PLC_Valor_Cam2 = "0"
lim_min_ambar_boca = "0,000000"
lim_max_ambar_boca = "0,000000"
Largo Total.<size(s)> = "1"
Largo Total 0. = "<size(s)=0> "
Tab Control = "Camara 2"
Cluster.Numeric = "0,000000"
Cluster.Numeric 2 = "0,000000"
Cluster.Numeric 3 = "0,000000"
Cluster.Numeric 4 = "0,000000"
Cluster.Numeric 5 = "0,000000"

I resume "camara 1 configuration" because the rare symbols are about x10 more.

Well, next step is to read this .ini file and now it does not give me any error but it stacks in "read panel from ini.vi" (maybe it takes about minutes for reading .ini).

How can I do to write and read panel to/from ini well?

It is very important for my application. Maybe there is another library that I can use?

Thanks a lot!

[drjdpowell]

12 hours ago, ASalcedo said:

Maybe there is another library that I can use?

You might see if the MGI Library has similar functionality.

[ASalcedo]

15 hours ago, drjdpowell said:

You might see if the MGI Library has similar functionality.

Thanks for replying.

I have taken a look at MGI Library.

I can't understand well the "Read everything.vi".

I would like to read from ini to Server VI reference "this VI" like I show in the first post. But.. there is no Server VI reference "this VI" as indicator to connect it.

Any ideas to read from ini to the whole panel with MGI library?

Thanks!

[drjdpowell]

looks like they don’t have the feature you want.   Re your original problem, I wonder if the issue is some very large data that you may be saving in the config file.  How large are they?

[smithd]

I'm guessing its the image refnums, because you can't really include them in a general purpose library. If I remember correctly, the imaq refnum is itself licensed, so if you don't have image acq sw installed and activated the library won't work. I've seen this issue with quick drop shortcuts and image refnums as well. It probably just needs a special case, but then you lose the image if thats something you care about.

[ASalcedo]

3 hours ago, smithd said:

I'm guessing its the image refnums, because you can't really include them in a general purpose library. If I remember correctly, the imaq refnum is itself licensed, so if you don't have image acq sw installed and activated the library won't work. I've seen this issue with quick drop shortcuts and image refnums as well. It probably just needs a special case, but then you lose the image if thats something you care about.

Hello. Thanks for answering.

I have acq sw installed and activated. I don't care to loose the image but I need to keep the ROI position of the image.

However how can I write and read the whole VI except the image? is there a shorcut way? Because it will be really tedious to put every indicator and controls except the image in the block diagram to reaad/write...

Thanks

[ASalcedo]

20 hours ago, drjdpowell said:

looks like they don’t have the feature you want.   Re your original problem, I wonder if the issue is some very large data that you may be saving in the config file.  How large are they?

Config file is 2.7MB. So I think it is very large. The image that it saves are about 3000 symbols...

Read my last post to @smithd because maybe you can help me as well.

Thanks again.

[drjdpowell]

1 hour ago, ASalcedo said:

However how can I write and read the whole VI except the image? is there a shorcut way? Because it will be really tedious to put every indicator and controls except the image in the block diagram to reaad/write...

There’s a middle ground between those two extremes, where one operates on arrays of control references.   You either create the array of references explicitly (lot less work that coding it), or you get it programmatically from either the pane reference or tab-control tab references.  You can even do things like use prefixes in the control’s name to exclude some controls.

[ASalcedo]

20 minutes ago, drjdpowell said:

There’s a middle ground between those two extremes, where one operates on arrays of control references.   You either create the array of references explicitly (lot less work that coding it), or you get it programmatically from either the pane reference or tab-control tab references.  You can even do things like use prefixes in the control’s name to exclude some controls.

Thanks a lot for replying.

How can I create the array of references? An array of every controls and indicators that I can save/load? I think that a lot of work.

Could you send me a very little example of how I can exclude some controls?

Thanks again.

[drjdpowell]

This example gathers references to all non-indicator controls on a Tab.   Controls whose names end in "_IGNORE" are ignored.

All Controls on a Tab Control.vi

LabVIEW 2015

[ASalcedo]

On 3/2/2017 at 4:08 PM, drjdpowell said:

This example gathers references to all non-indicator controls on a Tab.   Controls whose names end in "_IGNORE" are ignored.

All Controls on a Tab Control.vi

LabVIEW 2015

Thanks a lot. I am gonna check it.