Open Workspace Tool Step

[fra_sab]

Hello, 

I'd like to use "Open Workspace Tool Step" (https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/veristand/page/open-workspace-tool-step.html) in a stimulus profile in order to open my custom tool (called Alarm Monitor Tool) created according to this document, https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA03q000000YFZiCAO&l=en-US.

The problem is that I cannot select the main .vi (Alarm Monitor.vi) included in the 'Alarm Monitor Tool.llb'.

Francesco

[Eric.M · Accepted solution]

That's a good catch! Hopefully NI will see this and fill in a corrective action request (feel free to contact their support too) so you can at least select something else than a VI in the filters in the file dialog.

An easy workaround (and good practice) is to distribute your custom tool code as 2 pieces:

- The "main" launchable VI

- The support LLB that contains all the needed dependencies for the main to work.

You can apply this to custom workspace objects too.

--Eric