Skipping password-protected VIs during a LabVIEW search

[bmihura]

When I search all VIs in memory, and some of them are password-protected, I have to click a dialog box for every single VI. This drastically slows down my searching speed. Is there a way around this, like skipping password-protected VIs during a search?

Bruce

[Underflow]

Hi bmihura,

If you are iterating through the VI's yourself, you can use the Get Lock State method from a vi reference to check if a VI is password protected (or just locked).  Check the attached image for a trivial sample.

Joe Z.

Edit:  I missed the operative word: search!  In my version of LV (7.1) there doesn't seem to be a way around the password issue.  Perhaps another can offer better advice.  Sorry!

Message Edited by Underflow on 09-28-2006 06:53 PM

[Ray.R]

Yes, I've seen that too with LV7.1.

I don't know any tricks around that..  😞

[Wiebe@CARYA]

Hi,


LabVIEW asks for the password of some vi's ONLY when the vi is not used anywhere! This seems like a bug to me: if the vi is somewhere, the search is ok, if it's not used, the search is not ok.


The only workaround I can think of, is placing the VI in a new diagram, and use All Instances, or a search. You know the VI is used at least once, so the search will be fast...


Regards,


Wiebe.



"bmihura" <x@no.email> wrote in message news:1159481408007-421846@exchange.ni.com...
When I search all VIs in memory, and some of them are password-protected, I have to click a dialog box for every single VI. This drastically slows down my searching speed. Is there a way around this, like skipping password-protected VIs during a search? Bruce