Re : Passing VI referece via Datasocket connection

[Abdulaev_Rustam]

Hi,

I was trying to pass "This VI" reference from one VI to another using Datasocket as in the potential future both VIs will be working as a separated EXEs.

So I have noticed that reference data for some reason can't be passed and at the output I always have empty reference.

Gentlmen, does anyone know if this is technically possible to pass VI refernce in this manner and the most important question, if you have your VI compiled to EXE would this VI reference stuff still be valid? Technically it is not a VI any more?

Beforehand Thanks,

Rustam

[TiTou]

I've ever used datasocket, but I don't see why it wouldn't work with VI reference... with the same VI, have you tried to pass a different type of data? or with a control reference?

If indeed datasocket don't work with VI Reference you can use VIServer to share VI references between 2 applicationa, I know it work because I sometimnes use this.

[Abdulaev_Rustam]

Yes I did try another types of the data and everething works fine except the VI reference.

[Abdulaev_Rustam]

I tried  Shared Variable and found that it doesn't allow to create variable for the VI reference too.

[Abdulaev_Rustam]

>>  If indeed datasocket don't work with VI Reference you can use VIServer to share VI references between 2 applicationa, I know it work because I sometimnes use this.

Could you give me a bit more details about how to do that, it looks like I not quite understand what you mean?

[TiTou]

see this discussion on LAVA

[Abdulaev_Rustam]

I will, Thanks a lot!

[nathand]

You can probably typecast the reference to an integer, and typecast back to a reference on the other end, but I doubt the reference will be valid if the sender and receiver are different executables. Normally references are valid only within the context of the application that creates the reference.

[TiTou]

Normally references are valid only within the context of the application that creates the reference.

That is very true, and you need to get app's ref of the VI you want to work on otherwise it won't work.

[Abdulaev_Rustam]

Well, I tried to hide VI reference inside variant or cluster but it doesn't work unfortunately, on the other side it appears corrupted.