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[modicon]

When looking at a project file in either the ITEMS or the FILES listing, I have often wished to get a nice ASCII printout of the fully-formed filenames. Such information is sortof available inside the .lvproj file itself, in XML, but it tends to have LV-specific shorthand like used instead of C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Labview 8.5\vi.llb and so forth. I realize that not even Windows explorer has a simple print-filenames-to-clipboard, so there's no particular reason for LV to implement this. Still, if there were someway, inside an app, to 'decode' things like it would help. The best I can do now is cut and paste a screen grab with something like SnagIt and save it to a PDF. This is a bit of overkill....I would much rather have the text directly, so I can import them into a database I am setting up for all my families of Apps. I may not be fully aware of how projects work, and perhaps some simple solution is escaping me. As I am chronically oxygen-deprived, it would not be the first-time in this domain where I would be compelled to: read a reply, strike my head while squinting my eyes, and pronounce the approved mantra ..."D--uh!" G

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...previous post squeezed out all my whitespace.. and read "decode things like [vilib] ..."

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

How about Project/File Information/Export File Paths?

Nice user icon!

-AK2DM

[modicon]

The export file paths will show whatever is under MyComputer in ITEMS list. That is something, but I could really use also the names under the Dependencies as well, and I can't figure out how to display them. I'm using LV8.5 under XP.

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[Wayne.C · Accepted solution]

modicon,

Here is a very crude and brute force way to get this info.  Not efficient at all.  Note that this example will only go down as many levels of the hierarchy as you set it to do.

Message Edited by Wayne.C on 04-21-2009 05:43 PM

[Wayne.C]

LOL!   Now that I've had some sleep, I realize this thing leaks memory like a sieve.  Always need to close our references. 

Message Edited by Wayne.C on 04-22-2009 07:56 AM

Message Edited by Wayne.C on 04-22-2009 07:57 AM