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LABVIEW Private VI Issue

Hello,

 

I currently have a BK Precision DC Power Supply. On downloading the instrument driver, I went into the Private Folder where I saw the 'Special Write' vi, however this particular vi does not appear on my functions palette. When I try copy pasting this into one of my codes, I get an error message saying this vi cannot be referenced. On the other hand, all the other instrument driver VI's (appearing on the functions palette) work without any issues as expected.

I understand this is because the 'Special Write' VI is in the Private Folder and therefore can be accessed only within the folder. Can someone tell me how I go about changing the access to this, so that I can use the 'special write' normally like the other VI's the driver comes with? For example, ideally I would want to open up a blank VI, go to the functions palette and be able to access the Special Write VI. I also read somewhere I would need to add this to a .mnu file, however I'm unsure on how to do this.

I have attached an image of the folder for further reference. Any help would be appreciated

 

Thanks

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Take a look at this document. Is this something that you are looking for? As for using the private VI, you can simply drag and drop it from the folder and run it that way too. 

 

Setting the Access Scope of Member VIs

https://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361P-01/lvhowto/setting_scope_classes/

 

-Megan

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