automatic overwrite of files?

[Peter Reeves-Hall]

Hi all,

I'm using the "Write To Spreadsheet File" vi (Labview 5.1) and would
like to know to if I can force it to overwirte a file WITHOUT promting
the user...

Thanks,

Peter R.H.

[Richard Jones]

No but if you use the 'open replace create' function with 'file write' and
then 'close' functions you can.
You'll need to format the text into spreadsheet format manually but not
tricky.


Peter Reeves-Hall wrote in message <37A6FD2F.B2BF0C83@ic.ac.uk>...
>Hi all,
>
> I'm using the "Write To Spreadsheet File" vi (Labview 5.1) and would
>like to know to if I can force it to overwirte a file WITHOUT promting
>the user...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter R.H.
>
>
>

[Dennis Knutson]

In article <7o70bn$1tb$1@andromeda.camcon.co.uk>,
"Richard Jones" wrote:
> No but if you use the 'open replace create' function with 'file
write' and
> then 'close' functions you can.
> You'll need to format the text into spreadsheet format manually but
not
> tricky.
>

Actually you can. "Write To Spreadsheet File.vi"
uses "Open/Create/Replace File.vi" which has a boolean input that
enables or disables an advisory dialog. Wire a false constant to this
input and save the vi under a different name and location.

Dennis Knutson


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