I have tried this and looking at the example you suggested this should be straight forward, however I keep getting the error 1043. Invoke node. Possible Reason, Labview: Feature not supported in this version. I have also had the error VI not in compatible state to support this. The example you suggested uses VI's all present on the same machine, however I want to use this to invoke VI's which are resident on my target - is this my problem? I was using the run VI invoke node. Do you have any idea as to why when I run using the call by reference node the VI do not shut down properly and go throught the close reference VI?