I just opened the front panel of rev 2. I immediately noticed my c/p message in the "Create Extention" string control. It should read "Optional Extention".
Let's go through the Front Panel, step by step..
A. Select Option:
You have a choice of "Hardcoded Folder" or "Run-Time Selection"
1. Hardcoded Folder: You MUST fill in the folder name in the path control located below the switch. It must inlcude the FULL path, such as:: C:\LV_Example
If the path does not exist, it will prompt you to create it (Create/Cancel). If you select Cancel, it will exit the vi. If you selected "Create", it will create both the folder and the file.
The benefit of this selection is that the operator is not asked for the folder location each time the vi is run.
2. Run-Time Selection: You will be prompted to browse to the folder location. Click the bottom selection "Select Cur Dir" when ready. It does NOT create a new folder as you must choose an existing one.
Must provide a folder location for every run of the vi.
B. Path
This is where you enter the desired path name if you selected "Hardcoded FOlder". It must be in the appropriate format and contain the FULL path. Example: C:\LV_Example\Here\Now
C. Leading Filename:
It is the portion of the filename that leads any numeric value that gets incremented. Anything in this box is treated as a string, therefore a filename such as MY123File456name789is.wow can have a numeric value appended and incremented anywhere... meaning if the leading filename is MY123File, then the next increment should be 457... although, it may not work because it actually expects an extention to follow the numeric value... experiment at your own risk 😉
D. Create Extention:
It is the string control that will append an extention to the filename if & only if there is NO extention to begin with. It will NOT overwrite an existing extention.
The benefit of this is when you create either a new filename in an existing folder or a completely new folder, it will also append an extention. It will also add the "." (period) if it is non-existant 😄
E. New Filename:
As the name of the indication suggests, it is the newly created filename.
F. Others:
Common debug windows. I'm too lazy to describe them. They have no impact of this vi... so I say... hum...
okay...
Folder list contains the listing of all files within the selected folder. It is used to parse and compare values within the vi. Maybe I should remove it from the Front Panel. Same thing with the file extention indicator... I wanted to echo the extention in case I miswired something.
Error In & Out... Your conventional clusters..
Have fun... Experiment with it.. And let me know how it went. 😄
Ray
