VIs Strings:Export Method

Short Name: VIs Strings.Export

Requires: Base Development System

Class: Application Methods

To Use: Create a method.

Exports to a tagged text file all the User Interface related strings of the VIs specified by VI Array.

Exports the following strings about VI and front panel objects to a tagged text file: VI name and description, object caption labels, object free labels, default data (string, table, path, and array default data), private data (listbox item names, table row and column headers, graph plot names, graph cursor names, graph annotation names, and tab control page captions), and polymorphic VI data (instance names in the polymorphic VI and selector shortcut menus).

Parameters

Data type	Name	Required	Description
	VI Ref Array	Yes	Path to an array of VI references.
	String File	Yes	Path to the VI strings file, including the filename. If you do not enter a filename, set Interactive to TRUE so the user can set the VI strings filename.
	Interactive	No	Specifies whether to display the file dialog box to select the name of the strings file. The default value is FALSE.
	Log File	No	Path to the log file created to list errors that occur while exporting VI strings to a tagged text file. The default value is no logging.
	Create Captions	No	Specifies whether control captions should be automatically created. The default value is FALSE.
	Export Diagram	No	Specifies whether to export block diagram strings. The default value is FALSE.
	Error Array	No	Returns an array of error clusters.

Remarks

The following table lists the characteristics of this method.