Tokens are strings that generate information automatically, which is useful in the headers and footers of reports. You can use tokens to number pages and place a time stamp on a report. You can use tokens with any parameter of a Report Generation VI or the Report Express VI that accepts a string. You can use tokens only with standard and HTML reports.
For example, if you are using the Create Easy Text Report VI, entering the token <page> in one of the footer strings adds a page number to the footer of every page of the report.
The following list describes the tokens available in LabVIEW.
| Token | Description |
|---|---|
| <tab> | (Windows) For HTML reports, LabVIEW interprets this token as <br>. |
| <page> | Current page number. LabVIEW ignores this token for HTML reports. |
| <pages> | Total number of pages. LabVIEW ignores this token for HTML reports. |
| <pagenofm> | Current page number with the total number of pages in the report. LabVIEW ignores this token for HTML reports. Example: 7 of 30 |
| <shortdate> | Current date in the form xx/xx/xx. Example: 10/5/98 |
| <longdate> | Current date in the form Day, Month and Date, Year. The month, date, and year order defaults to the date settings of your operating system. Example: Monday, October 05, 1998 |
| <time> | Current time in the form Hour:Minute:Second AM/PM. Defaults to the clock settings of your computer. Example: 1:58:22 PM |
| <newline> | Inserts a line break in the report. |