Newbie needs help, Plz

[BizzyBone]

I am new to lab and I have a little problem. We already have a VI is supposed to collect data from a spectra and dumps it on the server as a txt file. Unfortunately, this process takes time because you have to give the Input directory to the VI and specify the output directory. and then, to analyze it, I have to load those values into Matlab. It's a lng process to my standard. SO I was wondering if there is a way to write a C/C++ code to compile the whole thing so that I wil not need to write the I/O path names and  i could be done in one click? Please let me know if you have an idea.

[altenbach]

You can easily program any default paths into your LabVIEW code, or read them from an ini file. There is no need to jump through any flaming hoops.

Properly written, a VI can do anything you want with one single click! 😄 (or even without any clicks at all! 🐵

(You could probably leave Matlab out of it and do the analysis directly in LabVIEW code. If you have LabVIEW 8.0, you could even re-use some of your matlab code using mathscript, but it might be equally easy using wires only.)

[BizzyBone]

Thank you Altenbach,

I have another question. Let say that I ave 6 channels for testing and I have the VI to do I/O for the each channel. However, depending on the testing period, it sometimes takes a long time. So, how can I automate the process. Let say for channel 1, it gets the defaulted I/O paths and moves onto Channel 2 once channel 1 is done without me being there to do it manually? Thank you in advance.

[Jarrod_S.]

Duplicate post. See here.