Add-in ; User Setting Default values

pjr1121

I've been looking into Add-ins for distributing complex scripts and I was curious if there is a way for the user to set the default values.  Lets say, for example, a Text Edit box is on Module1.  During design time, I can set its initial values, and during run time, i can manipulate it with <<Set Text; or act on its value using <<Get Text.  If I were to add a button named "Save Current Values As Default", can the button script set the Text Edit box's default value for the current user?

 

In the event of a dozen or so input fields, it would be handy for the end user to set default values common to their needs.

cwillden

You could have a file bundled in with the add-in that stores default values and have your button update that file.  A simple jmp table would work well there.  For example, if your add-in ID is my_addin, and the table of user preferences for your app was user_prefs.jmp, you could reference that file using this path: "$ADDIN_HOME(my_addin\user_prefs.jmp)". 

 

You would need to set up your application to populate the inputs using the values stored in that data table when the app launches, and program that button to update that file with the current entries to those fields.