Interfacing Labview

[Alias]

Hi all,

I have got a few questions about interfacing Labview
6.1. I want to know if it is possible to create
Labview 6.1 plugin�s (dll�s).

Here is what I want to do. I want to add a custom
button to the Labview toolbar. By pressing this button
the plugin starts. The plugin must be able to read
Labview diagrams.


For example, a simple diagram is created in Labview:
just one for loop structure, with a numeric constant
(count N). The plugin now needs to know that the
diagram consists of one for loop structure and the
count (N) information of structure. How can the plugin
interface with Labview to get/read this information?



Thank you,
Ron

[Jeremy Braden]

I know of no way to build a plug in for the LabVIEW menu. You can however put VIs (and maybe executables) in the LabVIEW/project folder and they will appear in the Tools menu when you restart LabVIEW.

The functionality of programatically being aware of what is on the diagram is not a supported feature of LabVIEW. I supose a talented hacker could read the memory space of the VI but there is no exposed LabVIEW method nor any documentation on how to read the memory space.