The attached code is supposed to look at a cluster and read the name and datatype of each control in the cluster. When I put a timestamp control into the cluster it returns its data type as waveform, I thought that timestamp was its own data type. I need to get the correct data type as I am using this to populate a database. I need to be able to differentiate between a timestamp data type and a waveform as I dont want to insert a data with waveform datatype into the database as a timestamp and I dont want to insert a timestamp into a spot where waveform data should be. Any ideas? Message Edited by jmcbee on 02-23-2009 09:15 AM

One of the subVIs is password protected and that is the one which generates the error. Using the Class ID and Class Name properties seems to work OK, producing ID = 60 and Class Name = AbsTime for the timestamp and ID =47 and Name = WaveformData for a waveform control. Lynn