File Dialog's using Remote Panels (via web server)

[stockley31]

I am aware that the web server remote panel access will not allow us to open a file dialog box on a remote computer.  I have read people comment that you should create your own file dialog box, using LabVIEW to use instead of the file dialog box.

Has anyone actually done this?  I would like know if anybody has source code for this, rather than re-inventing the wheel.  Also, will the sub-vi actually just appear on the webserver? i.e. will it actually work?

Thanks for any help

Slade

[eek]

Hi Slade,

I'd like to help you but I'm having trouble understanding what it is you would like to do. You mentioned that you've read somewhere else that you need to create your own file dialog box. Could you explain in more detail what you mean by this?

Cheers,

Emilie Kopp | Applications Engineer | National Instruments

[stockley31]

Hi Emilie,

I have a program that I run on an industrial PC, with no keyboard, video or mouse.  We currently control the application using the web server.  We have a button to load and a button to save settings.  If the files are missing for the load & save, it pops up a file open dialog to choose the file to import.  However, while we are viewing the page this way, these dialog boxes do not work.

I would like to know if anyone has made up a file dialog box that I could use, that would display correctly in the web server's remote control.

Regards,
Slade

[JeffBoettcher]

I just went here:

http://www.ni.com/support

and searched for "remote panel file dialog", and this was the first match:

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/3143

I have not looked at this, but it sounds like what you're trying to do, hope it helps!

[stockley31]

Thank you for your help.  This looks like it will be what I need.  I had searched NI, and Google, but never found this before. 
Apparently, I've been searching the wrong areas!

Cheers,
Slade