Application class/VIs Strings.Export method

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VI Server Method Information
Method ID 855
Scope Basic Development Environment
Data Name VIs Strings.Export
Short Name* VIs Strings.Export
Long Name* VIs Strings:Export
* Displayed here in English. Short and Long names appear in the language of the LabVIEW IDE.
Owning Class ID 1
Owning Class Name Application Class
Return Data Type No return value
Invoke Node VIs Strings:Export
Available in Real-Time Operating SystemNo
Available in Run-Time EngineNo
Remote access allowedYes

Exports to a tagged text file all the User Interface related strings of the VIs specified by VI Array.

Exports the following strings about VI and front panel objects to a tagged text file: VI name and description, object caption labels, object free labels, default data (string, table, path, and array default data), private data (listbox item names, table row and column headers, graph plot names, graph cursor names, graph annotation names, and tab control page captions), and polymorphic VI data (instance names in the polymorphic VI and selector shortcut menus).

Parameters

Data type Name Required Description
VI Refnum Array VI Ref Array Yes Path to an array of VI references.
Path String File Yes Path to the VI strings file, including the filename. If you do not enter a filename, set Interactive to TRUE so the user can set the VI strings filename.
Boolean Interactive No Specifies whether to display the file dialog box to select the name of the strings file. The default value is FALSE.
Path Log File No Path to the log file created to list errors that occur while exporting VI strings to a tagged text file. The default value is no logging.
Boolean Create Captions No Specifies whether control captions should be automatically created. The default value is FALSE.
Boolean Export Diagram No Specifies whether to export block diagram strings. The default value is FALSE.
Error Cluster Array Error Array No Returns an array of error clusters.

Uses

History

Version Change(s)
LabVIEW 2018 More info to come.

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