Is there any function in LV 7.1 which renames directories ?

[Ayman_Metwally]

In LabVIEW 7 there is, I'm sure you can find it in version 7.1

function name "Move" see attatchment

[Thomas_W.]

Thank you for your quick answer.
But I tried this already and then the files and subdirectories of the directory will be copied to the new directory and then deleted in the old directory. This could take a long time.
If I rename a directory with the windows explorer it takes just a moment. Therefore I search for a function in LV which behaves like this.

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Thomas Walther
Software Engineer
Germany - Waldbronn

[tst]

In the communication pallete you have the System Exec VI, which allows you to run shell commands. You can use it to run the DOS "ren" or "rename" command, but I'm not sure how it will react to DOS commands. Try reading its documentation and see if this helps.

[LV_Pro]

If you do a search on this forum for "rename directory" you will find a discussion of renaming directories, with an example (the last respondent) that worked when I just tried it with LabVIEW 7.1.1 on WindowsXP Pro sp 2. It uses a dll call, so it isn't a "native LabVIEW" function, but it appears to work in my limited trials.

Putnam Monroe

[Thomas_W.]

OK, thanks a lot for the help in this discussion.
The last suggestion using the "rename" function of the "msvcrt.dll" works fine.
Another way I found was to use the "Scripting.FileSystemObject" of the "Windows Script Host Object Model" in the type library.
There is a function called "MoveFolder" which does the same.

All the best for you all
Thomas Walther