Presently, in Windows Explorer, you can double-click (or right-click and Open) a vi and opens in the current version of LabVIEW. What I would like to do is have it optionally open the vi in a new project if there is already a project open. I have looked at the command line interface (CLI) but don't see a switch or argument to force it to open in a new project. Any thoughts on how to accomplish this?
Windows won't do LabVIEWs job. A vi with the right scripting methods would duplicate the ability to automatically do that, but the command line....no not without invoking a labview exe with the inputs exposed as command line arguements
Yes, was looking for a way to automate in using LabVIEW not Windows. People write batch files etc. and leverage executable command line options all the time, right? So let me rephrase: is there a way to have LabVIEW.exe run a specific script when loading a vi from Windows explorer vs opening the vi from some other method like LV Project view etc.? Couldn't I then have that script check for open projects and then ask to choose which project the vi should be opened in? I realize this may be a lot of effort to save a few seconds of manually doing it, but I'm looking at it as more if a learning exercise for command line interfacing and scripting.
