windows shell function

[battler.]

Hi all,

How do you access/program these Windows Shell Functions (e.g. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762118(VS.85).aspx)?

I understand that it has something to do with calling a DLL (shell32.dll?).

Does anyone have an example or know where I can read more about it?

Cheers,

Battler.

[smercurio_fc]

It's called a search. Try it sometime. You might learn something. Maybe even how to be polite.

[battler.]

Now I will report this to NI and ask them to decide who is being rude.  You are being ridiculous.

[MikeS81]

Hi battler.,

see also this link

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=220344&query.id=1039770#M220344.

There you can see which parameters you can use for a call. With the provided link from smercurio_fc, you should now be able to start solving your problem.

Mike

[battler.]

Thanks Mike.

I need the bigger picture though. 

Reading that and other threads it would seem that LabVIEW does not directly support the calling of the shell32.dll functions.  Correct?

Are there any examples that you know of?

[MikeS81]

Hi battler.,

no, that shouldn't be the message. You can call the dll directly from LabVIEW. You can use the "Call library function node" for it.

See this description: http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361F-01/glang/call_library_function/

Mike

[battler.]

Thanks.  I have seen the Call Library Function Node used before, though I have never used it.

Is there an example of where it is used to call the Windows shell32.dll functions?

[MikeS81]

Hi battler.,

see this link

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=15944#M15944

Mike

[battler.]

Thanks Mike.  I appreciate that.  It will take me some time to check it out.

Cheers, Battler:)

[smercurio_fc]

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battler. wrote:

Now I will report this to NI and ask them to decide who is being rude.  You are being ridiculous.

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I am merely responding with the same level of kindness, appreciation, and level or professionalism that you've shown in the past with your posts. Numerous times people have tried to respond to your posts with comments and you've basically just told them to shove off if they had nothing useful (at least what you thought was useful) to say. Heck, you've even managed to piss off people who have been on this forum longer than I have, and have a far more amenable attitude than I do or ever will. 

Your question is one that has been asked dozens of times.  There are Knowledge Base articles. There's a chapter in the LabVIEW Help. There's shipping examples. Did you even bother to try to search, I wonder?