Programmatically Display Folder in Windows Explorer using System Exec in LabVIEW

[Ashish_Naik_NIUK]

Overview
This vi will display a folder path in windows explorer by using system executive.

Description

This vi will programmatically use System Executive to display a folder in Windows Explorer. It uses the file path selected by user and converts to a string which is passed to system exec.vi with the command "explorer <folder path>"

Requirements

• LabVIEW 2012 (or compatible)

Steps to Implement or Execute Code

1. Download vi
2. Run vi
3. Select Folder/File
4. Watch Windows Explorer open with the correct folder!

Additional Information or References
VI Snippet

**This document has been updated to meet the current required format for the NI Code Exchange.**

[hex]

That won't work, you should replace the "empty string" with "space constant". Cheers.

[Ashish_Naik_NIUK]

Thanks Hex. Slight mis-hap when cleaning up this vi for the community! - Have updated

[hex]

Hehe, no problem. I just got real lucky

[Jayavel]

1. Ya its working good.Thanks for this code

[herbert.niesler@emsolutions.com.au]

Works in Vista.  Thanks very much for your vi.

[Mads]

Another nice option here is the ability to select a file in the opened folder. This can be achieved by adjusting the command with the select switch:

explorer /select,c:\test\hello.dat' will  for example open an explorer window showing c:\test, with the hello.dat file selected.

[Ajay_MV]

Is there any way to select multiple files?