Getting files' names on LabVIEW

[hariantos]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if there are any similar features on LabVIEW that does the job like "dir /b" command on windows cmd. This is to get the files name (in strings) in the directory that I refer it to.

In the end, I want to have a drop-down menu where I can read what files I have in my folder.

Has anyone every done something like this before?

Any answers would be very much appreciated! Thanks a lot!

Stephen

[CMW..]

Hey,

check on Blockdiagramm :

Programming -> File I/O -> Adv File Functions -> recursive file list.Vi

Regards,

CMW ...

[MrHappyAsthma · Accepted solution]

You could use the List Folder Function to get all file/folder names in alphabetical order from a path to a directory:

Returns two arrays of strings listing the names of all files and folders found in path, filtering both arrays based upon pattern and filtering the filenames array based upon the specified datalog type.

EXAMPLE:  You can call it simply with the path and two indicators for files/folder names:

[r_good · Accepted solution]

Under File I/O -> Adv File Functions -> List Folder

This vi will display all filenames in a subdirectory.  I think this should get you going.

Hope that helps.

Adam

[hariantos]

Thanks everyone for the super fast replies! It works just like I wanted it to.

Thanks again!