Data Type Parsing VIs are "hidden" no longer!

[Darren]

One of the most well-received APIs I discuss in my hidden gems presentation is the VariantDataType library, which allows you to parse a variant to learn about the data type it contains. In LabVIEW 2015 we have added an official fully-documented Data Type Parsing library to Quick Drop/palettes:

Note that this is a new API...we did not change the old VariantDataType VIs, other than drawing red 'X's across their icons and adding notes to their descriptions that you should use the new API instead. So existing code that calls the original VIs should be unaffected. But moving forward, you can now use the new API for all of your variant data type parsing needs.

[.aCe.]

Wondering if it would be possible to convert the new API (I am looking for Get Type Definition Path.vi in particular) to 2014 at all please?

thanks.

[Darren]

The old VIs are present (as hidden gems) in LabVIEW 2014 at the following location:

vi.lib\Utility\VariantDataType

These VIs are added to Quick Drop/palettes by the Hidden Gems package on the LabVIEW Tools Network.