What is the best way/place to initialize everyting in my VI?

[mikeporter · Accepted solution]

For myself, I tend to lean towards the JIT (Just In Time) approach. Whenever I can, I try to make modularized functions self-initializing. The "action-engine" design pattern that Ben Rayner formalized a few years back is a good model.

For state machines, I like to have a clearly defined initialization state -- even if right now it will only run once. Having it as a separate state simplifies the changes if the machine ever needs to reinitialize itself.

Knowing when and where to initialize things can sometimes be tricky -- and highly dependent upon system requirements.

Mike...

[billko]

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@aputman wrote:

This will handle default values that have been saved to a control/indicator. 

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I was always a fan of initializing controls to explicit values rather than reinit to default.  What happens if the defaults are accidentally changed?