All the settings for a particular application, channels, pages, components, sequences etc. are all kept in a DAQFactory document with the extension .ctl. You can open and close documents at will while keeping different groups of settings in different documents for use in different applications. Whenever you open another document, the acquisition and automation running in the current document is shut down and the new document is loaded and its acquisition started. Because all the settings are stored in this single file, you can move the .ctl document file from one computer to another running DAQFactory and load your application there (provided of course you have the same hardware available). The only exception are the user devices and protocols discussed in the Extending DAQFactory and Serial Communications chapters, preferences and customization discussed in the Other Features chapter.
This chapter discusses some of the document specific tasks you may perform and document wide settings.
