Function to count the total number of data channels

[CrshTstr]

I know I had stumbled upon a function in DIAdem that will return the current number of data channels in my data set.  I can't seem to locate the thread where I had seen this.  I'm looking to replace a somewhat lengthly user script with this simple function in my future coding.

Thanks!

[Otmar]

Hello CrshTstr,

There are probably multiple ways to get this, but the variable

ChnNoMax

is one way to find out how many channels are used in DIAdem. I don't knowif that is what youwere refering to when you said"in my data set", so I am assuming you mean "in DIAdem".

Hope that helps,

[Brad_Turpin · Accepted solution]

Hi CrshTstr,

I actually always use GlobUsedChn for this.  In newer versions of DIAdem you can use commads like GroupChnCount() or Data.Root.ChannelGroups(1).Channels.Count to return the number of channels in a particular group.  But the GlobUsedChn variable will always return the total number of channels currently in the Data Portal, irrespective of what group the channels are in.

Brad Turpin

DIAdem Product Support Engineer
National Instruments