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Overview
This VI Reads a Flat Text File, breaks it into fields according to a Read Position and length of characters
to extract and writes each field into an element of an array.
Description
This code will go through a Text File and will prompt the amount characters chosen starting at a selected
offset. All the information obtained will be divided into a string array.
Requirements
LabVIEW 2012 (or compatible)
Steps to Implement or Execute Code
1. Choose the path for the Text File to Read.
2. Run the VI.
3. On the Text Read from File indicator the extracted text will be showed.
Additional Information or References
Example code from the Example Code Exchange in the NI Community is licensed with the MIT license.
Would you please add a version that is compatable with Labview 8.5
Thank you
VI for LabVIEW 8.5 available