Q: Labview file format (vi, llb)

[Johannes Eble]

Hello community,

I would like to know if the Labview file formats are completely
secrets or if some or all of it is open. Is it possible to control
LabView to build a vi? For example, can I give commands like "place
control integer at (0.5, 3.9)", "place indicator integer at (7.0,
5.6)", "connect control ctrl_ID0 indicator ind_ID1" and so on?

Maybe there is a LabView dll I can call from another program.

Any pointers are appreciated.


Regards


Johannes

[Dennis_Knutson]

Not right now. The technology does exist and is being used in NI's Vision Builder toolkit but it hasn't been released yet to the programming community. LabVIEW "scripting" got a fairly intensive discussion on info-labview some months back and if you're interested, the info-labview search engine is here. But, in the meantime, we all have to wait and see what the future brings.

[Johannes Eble]

Hi Dennis,


thanks very much for your answer.

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:30:53 -0600 (CST), Dennis Knutson
wrote:

>Not right now. The technology does exist and is being used in NI's
>Vision Builder toolkit but it hasn't been released yet to the
>programming community. LabVIEW "scripting" got a fairly intensive
>discussion on info-labview some months back and if you're interested,
>the info-labview search engine is
>href="http://www.searchview.net/">here.

I have tried to search for Scripting, InfoLab, and LabView. Can you
give me a more specific URL to the discussion?


Regards

Johannes

[Dennis_Knutson]

The discussion started about 5/21/02. The thread was "Editing LV diagrams using text files". There was another thread that started up 10/12/02 called "Changing control type programaticaly" but it changed names and kind of degenerated into some childish behavior on the part of one participant.

[Johannes Eble]

Hello Dennis,

thanks again. The discussion is very interesting, but it is difficult
to navigate the mailing list archive at the moment.


Regards

Johannes