call vi from vi

[Chris S.]

Okay

I want to have a main VI that runs all the time and on this main VI  is a button that calls a VI.  How do get the second VI to open and run and disply its front panel when I press the button on the main VI?

Thanks,

Chris

[ShotSimon]

Chris,

Search the forums there are many discussions about this topic.  SS

[Eyal_S.]

Check out the following link:
https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Running-a-vi-with-a-while-loop/m-p/710044

 This example will do exactly what you need:
Programmatically Opening and Running One VI from Another Using VI Server