Does Write Charaters to File still exist in LabVIEW 8?

[jmfinlan]

I am trying to wite column labels in LabVIEW 8.0. In 7.1, I could use Write Characters to File followed by Spreadsheet Write. I can't find the Write Characters icon. Write Text to File doesn't allow me to carry the pathname along, and I have to duplicate it and force the order of the operations.

[tst]

Even if the VI isn't in the palette, the VIs are usually saved for backward compatibilty. Try looking in vi.lib\utility\file.llb.

Obviously, it's probable that the VI was replaced by something better, so you might want to have a look for that. If your file exists, you can probably just do open>write>close and you don't need to enforce anything other than working through error in\out terminals.

[altenbach]

of course tst is right. 🙂

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@jmfinlan wrote:

Write Text to File doesn't allow me to carry the pathname along, and I have to duplicate it and force the order of the operations.

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Just insert a "refnum to path" bullet for a quick bandaid fix (It is in the advanced file functions) 😉