Path directory of Write Delimited Spreadsheet VI?

[solarfacility_user]

Hello, may I know the path directory of the Write Delimited Spreadsheet VI file? I couldn't find it.

[LVIEWPQ]

The default filepath will be to generate one via a dialog, otherwise, it's whatever you specify at the filepath input

[rolfk]

What path directory are you referring at? Windows applications are not supposed to work with relative paths, whose relativeness is totally uncontrollable in a multitasking/multithreading environment, but instead you are supposed to pass absolute paths to all LabVIEW File IO functions. They will almost all actively refuse relative paths as "invalid argument"

[solarfacility_user]

I was referring to the path directory containing the folder LabVIEW was installed.

[rolfk]

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@solarfacility_user wrote:

I was referring to the path directory containing the folder LabVIEW was installed.

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What for? You should not write any files in there. While this directory is not write protected for legacy reasons, it is not meant to store your own files in.

[tst · Accepted solution]

Are you asking where the VI itself is saved?

That in <LabVIEW>\vi.lib\Utility\file.llb\Write Delimited Spreadsheet (DBL).vi

The location of the LV folder could depend on choices you make when installing, but by default it will be the program files folder, under National Instruments or NI.

It should be pointed out that it's much easier to find things through the palettes (the File I/O palette, in this case) or by searching or calling quick drop (Ctrl+Space).

[billko]

Did this VI exist in LV 2015?

[rolfk]

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@billko wrote:

Did this VI exist in LV 2015?

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I'm pretty sure that it did. It did with somewhat different name as far back as LabVIEW 6 or so but was redesigned somewhere around LabVIEW 8.x and renamed.

[altenbach]

Until quite a few versions ago, the functionality was in "write to spreadsheet file", which still exist as legacy VI. Note that "write delimited spreadsheet" is polymorphic, and consists of several VIs, depending on what you wire to it (array of DBLs, array of strings, etc.)

It is trivial to find its path by using the context help, but that should be completely irrelevant for all practical purpose and depends on your LabVIEW version and bitness.

So why exactly do you need that path???

[billko]

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@altenbach wrote:

Until quite a few versions ago, the functionality was in "write to spreadsheet file", which still exist as legacy VI. Note that "write delimited spreadsheet" is polymorphic, and consists of several VIs, depending on what you wire to it (array of DBLs, array of strings, etc.)

It is trivial to find its path by using the context help, but that should be completely irrelevant for all practical purpose and depends on your LabVIEW version and bitness.

So why exactly do you need that path???

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I would like to know as well.  There shouldn't be any reason to need to know unless:

• You are new to LabVIEW and you are about to do something stupid, or
• You aren't new to LabVIEW and you're about to do something stupid...

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