access vi's in a second application instance

[joshuatree]

help pleeeezzzz,

i'm trying to trying to retrieve the reference to a locked up modal vi so i can programmatically kill it without shutting down LabVIEW.

 There should be a way using vi server to get the vi references running in another application instance on the same machine but i haven't found out how yet.

i'll attach what i've got so far...  it only returns the vi refnums from it's own app instance.

LV 8.5 

[GovBob · Accepted solution]

Have you seen this Darren wrote a nugget on it.

Hope this helps

[joshuatree]

 Thanks GovBob,

  The "private VI Server properties" he mentions piques the curiosity enough to be annoying, but that post did lead me to tst's solution here, and nick's here.

And I coulda swore i'd seen all his nuggets... but i certainly missed that one! 

Merry Christmas!