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Get Project Item Reference

by: Proven Zealot
‎12-16-2016 04:03 PM
Last Edited by: Community Team ‎06-06-2019 05:57 AM

Products and Environment

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    Software

  • LabVIEW

Code and Documents

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Overview

Retrieve the ProjectItem reference of an item in your project by name.

Description

Retrieves a ProjectItem reference to an item specified by name under a specified TargetItem in the project. If a TargetItem reference is not wired to this VI, then the My Computer target under the specified Project Refnum is used instead. If multiple items with the same name exist under the specified TargetItem in the project, the reference to the first item found will be returned.

Hardware and Software Requirements

LabVIEW 2013 or compatible

Steps to Implement or Execute Code

Use this VI in your own application for obtaining a ProjectItem reference by Name.

Additional Information or References

Example code from the Example Code Exchange in the NI Community is licensed with the MIT license.