how do I assign DAQ channel names from a VI?

[z crittendon]

I am creating a VI for waveform acquisition, in which the names of the channels may change from one session to the next (but other channel information will never change). I would prefer to shield my users from using the DAQ channel wizard, since it's more complex than they need (and a bit buggy, as well). I can find VI's for getting channel names, but not for setting them. Is it possible to set channel names (and which channels are active) from within a VI? And if so, how?

I am using LabVIEW 6.0 on MacOS 9.1 (G4-400)

thanks!

[z crittendon]

NOTE:

I forgot to mention...I'm using a PCI-6033e DAQ board and ni-daq 6.1

[Raecine Meza]

There really isn't any built-in way to create new DAQ channel names or change the names of existing ones in the middle of your program.

The best alternative I can think of right now is to allow users to choose from several pre-defined channels.