LV "Prompt User Input"

[splee]

I would like to call LV "Prompt User Input" from within VBAI (using the "Run LabVIEW VI"), to let user input a string.

This is easy.

But if I want the default string to be some value (e.g when the dialog pops up, the default in the text field is "ABC..") which depends on a string variable, how do I do that?

[Brad]

You could configure the "Prompt for User Input" so it looks how you want, and then right click on it and select "Open Front Panel". This will convert the Express VI to a normal VI, which you can edit, and connect a string control to the Text String.

I'd like to update the User Input step in VBAI to allow previous values for the message, but for now, it's exactly like the "Prompt For User Input" Express VI and doesn't allow this. In LV, you can edit Express VI as described above to accomplish what you want.

Hope this helps,

Brad