VIs with different inputs and same functionality.

[divyaaa]

Hi everyone

I need to know how to implement a single VI (without using the copies of that VI) which takes different inputs at different instance but the inbuilt functionality being same.

For example, I need to write data of COM1 to one excel at time instance T1

                      I need to write data of COM2 to another excel at time instance T2. (T1+n)

According to above example the functionality is same i.e writing to excel file. But inputs are taken from different Port outputs. I tried concept of Polymorphic VIs but i found it id restricted to variation in data types. 

Plese let me know whether I can use concept of Polymorphic VI in any way to solve this problem? Or completely different solution is there?

Thanks in advance! 

[Norbert_B]

I understand your request to fit to "reentrant VI settings".

But depending on the content of the VI, this can create race conditions and other hard-to-debug things....

Norbert

[GerdW]

Hi divyaa,

split functionality into several VIs:

- one VI to communicate with your COM ports (one for each port?)

- one VI to save data "in Excel"

Call each subVI when needed (according to your T1/T2 parameters).

I don't think polymorphic VIs will help you here!