Need to add date/time stamp to file name without time change creating new files

[Mads]

As I wrote, you just have to add logic that will initialize the shift register only the first time...See the attached example.

In the attached example I make use of the fact that a boolean shift register will the very first time it is loaded have the value False...so if it's false I initialize the time stamp and set it to true...If you want to start over again you will need to unload the VI from meory to get the shift register back to false...However, you can just as easily let a button control the initialization instead...set the button to true when you want a new time stamp.

[GMo]

I really appreciate your responses & patience. I have version 6i (6.0), so I can't see the example.

[RamziH]

George, check out the following VI.

Regards,
RamziH.

[GMo]

Thanks guys. We got it to work! Your comments led us in the right direction. I'm attaching the final result (small change, really).

[Mads]

Your solution will produce a new date stamp every time the VI is called and the trigger is false...Is that what you wanted? I thought you would like to keep the same time stamp all the time also if the trigger is false some of the times the VI is called.

I have attached a LV6.0 formatted version of the previously posted code.

[GMo]

Sorry if I wasn't clear. We needed only 1 time stamp per trigger event. We looked at your example, and it's nice. I appreciate the effort & help, and I'm sure we'll need your example in the near future. Thanks.

[GMo]

Thank you for your help. Your example helped us understand how to use LabVIEW. Thanks.