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How to list files in a LabVIEW 2009 executable app

In earlier LabVIEW versions (prior to LabVIEW 2009), you could list all the VIs inside a built LabVIEW application using the List Folder function.  This is a very useful feature, since you might want to dynamically open VI References or find *.lvclass (LabVIEW Class) files for loading plugins, etc.

However, in LabVIEW 2009 this no longer [...]

I couldn’t live without “Array of VData to VCluster” (video)

This is another article in a series showing some of my favorite OpenG VIs — “The OpenG VIs that I couldn’t live without“. In this article, I’m going to show a very useful VI, Array of VData to VCluster, that is used for converting arrays into a clusters.  The benefit of using this function, is that, unlike [...]

I couldn’t live without “Trim Whitespace”

This is another article in a series showing some of my favorite OpenG VIs -- "The OpenG VIs that I couldn't live without". In this article, I'm going to show a very useful VI, Trim Whitespace, that is used for removing space, end of line, and other whitespace from at the beginning and/or end of a string. Let's look at an example [...]

I couldn’t live without “File>>Locate in Project”

This is another article in a series showing some of my favorite OpenG VIs -- "The OpenG VIs that I couldn't live without". In this article, I'm going to show a very useful tool called the Locate File in Project, which gives you an easy way of finding VIs in the Project Explorer. If you have this tool installed, it will [...]

I couldn’t live without “Conditional Auto-Indexing Tunnel”

This is the tenth article of “The OpenG VIs that I couldn’t live without“, a series of articles showing some of my favorite OpenG VIs. In this article, I’m going to show a very useful VIs called the Conditional Auto-Indexing Tunnel, which is a powerful tool for conditional filtering of 1D arrays.

This VI filters [...]

I couldn’t live without relative path inputs to file constants

This is the ninth article of “The OpenG VIs that I couldn’t live without“, a series of articles showing some of my favorite OpenG VIs. In this article, I’m going to show you a great hidden feature of the OpenG File Tools library: relative path inputs to file constants. You might have noticed [...]

I couldn’t live without “Current VIs Parent Directory”

This is the eighth article of “The OpenG VIs that I couldn’t live without“, a series of articles showing some of my favorite OpenG VIs. In this article, I’m going to show a very useful VIs called the Current VIs Parent Directory. This VI outputs the path to the directory of the calling [...]

I couldn’t live without the “OpenG Time Tools”

This is the seventh article of “The OpenG VIs that I couldn’t live without“, a series of articles showing some of my favorite OpenG VIs. In this article, I’m going to show a very useful set of VIs, the OpenG Time Tools, a set of timing VIs with error handling.

Let’s take a look at [...]

I couldn’t live without “Multi-line String to Array”

This is the sixth article of “The OpenG VIs that I couldn’t live without“, a series of articles showing some of my favorite OpenG VIs. In this article, I’m going to show a very useful VI, Multi-line String to [...]

I couldn’t live without “Filter 1D Array”

This is the fifth article of “The OpenG VIs that I couldn’t live without“, a series of articles showing some of my favorite OpenG VIs. In this article, I’m going to show a very useful VI, Filter 1D Array, that is used to filter items out of a 1D array.

Let’s take a look at [...]