Error in plugin if a Channel Group is not created

[DIAdem Neo]

Hi there,

I am trying to write a plugin, The requirement is to read the data from the file and write it to a text file. I am not  supposed to load any information from this plugin into DIAdem.

I am able to do the necessary,  if I load the plugin from "Data Storage" it works fine, but when I load the same  from "Load data file", I get an error telling "Cannot load the Data file, with the loading mode. Refer Log file". So if I create a junk channelgroup and try to run this plugin  through Loading mode, it works fine.

I wanted to know if by any means I can avoid creating this channel group and load the plugin correctly.Can anyone help me on this?

Thanks,

Priya

[Brad_Turpin]

Hi Priya,

As far as I know, declaring at least one Group in the DataPlugin is required, otherwise you will get the error message you describe.  DataPlugins were not designed to move or transform files outside of DIAdem without loading anything into DIAdem.

Is there a good reason to use a DataPlugin for this purpose, rather than a standard VBScript?
 
Brad Turpin
DIAdem Product Support Engineer
National Instruments