In article <38203779.92EF7C1B@austin.rr.com>,
Greg McKaskle wrote:
>> In LabView's help I found descriptions of several VIs I could use, but
>> I'm not able to find them anywhere. The VIs are called 'call
>> instrument', 'preload instrument' and 'release instrument'. Are they
>> normally included with LabView, or where can I get them?
>>
>> Is there a way to scan the harddisk for VIs? The 'find'-function in
>> LabView only helps you search for VIs that already are in the system's
>> memory, which isn't much of a help if you look for a VI you haven't used
>> before. Any ideas?
>>
>
>You don't mention what version of LV you are using. These
>VIs were part of the VI Control VIs that were the old way
>of doing dynamic loading and
calling of VIs. They have been
>replaced in LV5.x with the VI server. The VI server is
>located on the function palette with the LV icon on a tray
>on a hand. The old VIs still exist in a compatibility
>library, but you should learn to use the server as they
>are a poor substitute for the new things the server can
>do.
>
>Greg McKaskle
....but if you want to use the old vi control functions they are found in
vi.lib\utility\victl.llb
vinny r.