Get Type and Creator Function

Owning Palette: Advanced File VIs and Functions

Requires: Base Development System

Reads the type and creator of the file specified by path. type and creator are four-character strings. This function does not work for files inside an LLB.

If the specified file has a name ending with characters that LabVIEW recognizes, such as .vi for the LVIN file type and .llb for the LVAR file type, this function returns that type in type and LBVW in creator. If the specified file is not a known LabVIEW file type, this function returns ???? in type and creator.

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	path specifies the file or directory whose type or creator you want to read.
	error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality.
	path out returns path unchanged.
	type contains the current type of the file after this function executes. If no error occurs, this function returns the type of the specified file in type. If an error occurs, error indicates the type of error and type is an empty string.
	creator contains the current creator of the file after this function executes. If no error occurs, this function returns the creator of the specified file in creator. If an error occurs, error indicates the type of error and creator is an empty string.
	error out contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality.

Get Type and Creator Details

type can return the values for LabVIEW files listed in the table below.

LabVIEW File Type	type Value
Control	LVCC
.log	LVDL
LabVIEW Class	CLIB
LabVIEW Project	LVPJ
Library	LIBR
LLB	LVAR
Palette	LMNU
Template Control	sVCC
Template VI	sVIN
Xcontrol	LVXC
VI	LVIN

The type parameter can also return some platform-specific strings.