how do I query the ivi configstore

[Dr_Jonno]

How can I query the ivi config store in c++ (measurement studio 6)? I would like to query by logical name, to find the type of the ivi driver tied to the logical name to check whether it is ivi-c or ivi-com.
All I can find on the configstore is a threadlocking problem in another post
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=231&message.id=3662&requireLogin=False

Where is the documentation for talking to the config store? NI documentation is driving me crazy! It's fine once you know where it is!

[JasonSmith]

The following KnowledgeBase includes an example of accessing the Configuration Store programatically:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/F25F9B0E8DA4BB2386256DEF00729F81?OpenDocument


The functions used in this example are all part of IVI-3.5 Configuration Server specification.  This specification is available from the IVI Foundation's website at the link below:

http://www.ivifoundation.org/Downloads/Architecture%20Specifications/IVI-3.5_ConfigurationServer_v1.0.pdf



JasonS

[Dr_Jonno]

Thanks for the info. This will be very helpful.

Do you know if anyone has wrapped this in a c++ class?

This is an excellent example of the limitations of the NI web search.

A search for iviconfigstore (which it what everyone seems to call it) on the entire site gives NO matches. Limiting the search to NI dev zone gives 7 matches??? Hmm..

ivi config store gives 1 match on the entire site etc.

It's not until you realise that you should be calling it the 'configuration store' that you find anything useful.

THanks again

[JasonSmith]

Thanks for the feedback.  I have forwarded your concern regarding the search engine on to the person in charge of that aspect of the website.  I have also modified the KnowledgeBase  entry referred to so that it should be a result for a wider range of searches.

JasonS
Applications Engineering
National Instruments

[Julie S]

Hi-

As the search business owner here at NI, I would like to clarify why you are seeing this behavior from the search engine.  First, we exclude the Discussion Forums from the "Entire Site" search on the main page on purpose.  This is to keep the initial results from being too overwhelming.   The Developer Zone and Support section searches do include the Forums, as they are mostly technical content related.  All 7 results within the DevZone search were from the Forums, hence why there weren't any results on the "Entire Site" search.

As for the query itself, the term [iviconfigstore] is a shortened version of the actual name [ivi configuration store], as you mentioned.  Without the documents being tagged with or actually using that term, there isn't a way for the search engine to realize they are referring to the same item.  Jason modified the KnowledgeBase article to include the shortened term so that future searches will pick it up. 

We appreciate your feedback, and I hope this explains the behavior you saw. If you have any other concerns or questions, please let me know.

Thank you -

Julie Schlembach

Search Program Manager

National Instruments