Finding control type from control reference

[johnsold]

Sorry about missing the attachment. Try again.

Lynn

[Rashid-Malik]

Thanks a lot for the trouble, johnsold!

[DFGray]

I am late to the party, but have a bit of useful info for you.

The ClassID property should be an invariant with LabVIEW version.  ClassName is another property that gives you the same information, but has been known to change from LabVIEW version to LabVIEW version.  Use ClassID if you go this route.

Another option is to use the GetType utilities buried in vi.lib.  In LabVIEW 8.2, they can be found in <vi.lib>\Utility\GetType.llb\...  These were created to make it easier to solve the issue you are currently facing.  They have not been exported to the palette, so there are no guarantees they will keep their current interface (it is still the same in LabVIEW 8.6) and quality may be below our normal standards, although I have had no problems with them.

[Ray.R]

Thanks DFGray,

I didn't know about that utility.  I will check it out.

R

[smercurio_fc]

OpenG has similar functions in the Data Tools library. One VI provides an enumeration output for the various datatypes.

[johnsold]

C. DOT,

I did not thnk it was any trouble until I clicked the Back arrow after posting that example. Then my hard drive crashed.

I have posted hundreds of times without crashing a hard drive, so I really do not think the posting had anything to with the crash.

Currently using an old, slow, computer in the lab.

Lynn