How do I programatically set the date and time of my FP-2000 in LabVIEW RT?

[Jim_Kring]

I checked out the following knowledgebase document which has a tool for setting the system time, but I also need to set the date:


http://zone.ni.com/devzone/explprog.nsf/ 6c163603265406328625682a006ed37d/ 37175dbc3696a1ac86256a850051097d?OpenDoc ument


How can I do this?


-Jim

[Bill Trump]

Jim,

I know it's not very elegant... but, I run "SystemExec.vi" and use the DOS
"date" command.

Bill

Jim Kring wrote in message
news:50650000000800000055360000-1007855737000@exchange.ni.com...
> I checked out the following knowledgebase document which has a tool
> for setting the system time, but I also need to set the date:
>
>
> http://zone.ni.com/devzone/explprog.nsf/
> 6c163603265406328625682a006ed37d/
> 37175dbc3696a1ac86256a850051097d?OpenDoc ument
>
>
> How can I do this?
>
>
> -Jim

[steven@ni]

Jim,

I apologize for taking so long in getting back to you. I have discussed this issue with several people and we have now updated the developer zone to include a tool for setting both the system time and date. Please refer to the following categories:


Development Library >> Measurement and Automation Software >> LabVIEW >> Real-Time Module >> Advanced Programming Techniques
Development Library >> Measurement and Automation Software >> LabVIEW >> Development System >> Fundamentals >> Time and Date

The actual document is titled "Setting the System Date and Time". This document should be posted within the next week.

[Jim_Kring]

That is great, Steven. I also found a solution using GetSystemTime and SetSystemTime which are functions in kernel32.dll that get and set the system date-time. This function call worked on the FP-2000 that I have and should work on RT-Embeded systes, as well.

-Jim