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I am writing a LabView program that will run in the background, hidden from the user. I was wondering if there is a way to detect when Windows is being shutdown or restarted?
If you put your VI in the Windows STARTUP group, and then in the VI execution properties, set it to RUN MINIMIZED, you should achieve the desired result. As far as LOGGING when windows is opened or closed, that is a different matter. You might be able to extract that information from one of the BIOS tools.
Eric
Eric P. Nichols P.O. Box 56235 North Pole, AK 99705
Thanks for your reply - we currently have the program in the startup and it is set to run hidden - my goal now is to find a way to gracefully exit the program automatically (close the output file) when the user shutsdown at the end of the day - I will explore the BIOS tools - thanks!
