Robert, it is mainly because I wrote this back in March, when I was a newbie to Ignition, was not well versed in Python/Jython, and really didn’t think about doing it in Ignition. Anna from support brought it to my attention that doing it in Ignition would be a good idea, and I totally agree with you and her. I’m quite sure I could do it now, if I had more time. But I just got a new load of features to build into our production project, and as is always the case, they need them yesterday. 
I will definitely look into that as soon as I can.
nmudge, your idea should work too, but it will be some time before I can get knowledgeable enough in Java and the SDK to be able to do that. If you have the ability and time to do so, by all means go for it. It won’t hurt my feelings at all.
Thanks for the posts.