Here are some new VIs in LabVIEW 2016 that probably won't make any "new features" presentations, but are still useful to know about. Note that these are not "hidden"...they are documented and in Quick Drop/palettes in LabVIEW 2016 and later:
- Show in File System.vi - Opens a path to a file or directory in (Windows) Windows Explorer, (OS X) the Finder, or (Linux) a file system browser depending on the current platform. If you specify a path to a file that is inside an LLB or a packed project library, this VI opens the path to the LLB or the packed project library.
- Is Name Multiplatform.vi - Checks if a filename is valid on different platforms. This VI checks filenames against only desktop platforms that support LabVIEW, which are Windows, OS X, and Linux. You can choose to check the filename against all possible platforms or against the current platform. Note that this VI was a hidden gem prior to LabVIEW 2016.
- Get Channel Information.vi - Retrieves channel information from the data type stored in Variant. This VI returns an error if Variant does not contain a channel. Note that this is a new VI in the Data Type Parsing API to support the new Channels feature in LabVIEW 2016.
