Changing the strings[] parameter in a dynamically linked subvi

I am in a situation where I need to use subpanels to dynamically link subVIs for data entry. I also like to have the calling VI be able to modify the strings[] parameter of several of the enums in the subVI, but this does not appear to be possible as the subVI is not in edit mode. Does anyone know of a way around this?

I'm reading data from a file to initialize the enums, so I could have the subVI read the file instead, however I was hoping to do it once in the main VI and send the strings to the subVIs to speed up execution.

Thanks!