Trouble specifying data type via variable proprty node

[clark.leach]

I am running LabVIEW 8.0.  I am trying to create a batch of shared variables programmatically.  The problem I have is that I don't seem to have the correct information available to specify the variable data type using the invoke property node.  The documentation I have does not seem to be in agreement with what LabVIEW actually expects for an argument. Specifically the help screen says this:

Data Type Property

Property of Variable.

Gets or sets the data type of a shared variable. The following table lists the data type values.

0	Double
1	String
2	Boolean
3	Int8
4	UInt8
5	Int16
6	Uint16
7	Int32
8	UInt32
9	Int64
10	UInt64
11	Single
12	Double Waveform
13	Int16Waveform
14	Array of Boolean
15	Array of Int8
16	Array of UInt8
17	Array of Int16
18	Array of UInt16
19	Array of Int32
20	Array of UInt32
21	Array of Int64
22	Array of UInt64
23	Array of Single
24	Array of Double
25	Double Waveform
26	Array of Int16 Waveform
27	U32BitField
28	Custom

However,  the program insists that you give it an array of 16 bit integers.  No further explanation is forthcoming.  I turned the property node around (made it a rea) and determined that the array is two elements long, but the contents are meaningless.

(I hope this table appears correctly.  I copied from the help screen.)

On a related subject, when the Type property is used to set the scope as Single Process (0) the variables are created as specified, but the icon appears in the project manager as Network Published.  This is a curious aside.

Any suggestions, hints or allegations?  Thanks in advance for your tolerance and guidance.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

[Ben]

Hi BadToad,

All of the above seems to ring a bell but I can't shake out nay ideas from my old brain.

Please post some code to give me the "whack on the side of the head" that will shake those ideas loose.

Maybe after the coffee kicks in...

Ben

[clark.leach]

This is getting curiouser and curiouser.  I wrote another little program to "read" the data types of existing shared variables and tried feeding the values obtained via this technique into the property node at create time and LabVIEW just plain crashed.  I don't mean it objected. . .it shut down.  I don't find this to be desirable behavior in a development environment.  Any guidance will be appreciated.  I remain

Dumbfounded, but determined

BadToad

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

[Yi Y]

Hi Everybody,

For future record, features related to this question are changed in 8.2+.  The new example code is available at http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/5209.  The Data Type property has be modified to take Variant now.
Attached is the code for the 8.0 work around for this issue BadToad mentioned here.

Yi Y.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
http://www.ni.com/support