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© Copyright 1994, 1996 National Instruments Corporation.All rights reserved.LabWindows®/CVIStandard LibrariesReference ManualJuly 1996 EditionPart Num

ContentsLabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries x © National Instruments CorporationThreadIberr...

Formatting and I/O Library Chapter 2LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 2-70 © National Instruments CorporationRemarksThis example shows how a subrout

Chapter 2 Formatting and I/O Library© National Instruments Corporation 2-71 LabWindows/CVI Standard Librarieswriting beyond the end of filename. Noti

© National Instruments Corporation 3-1 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesChapter 3Analysis LibraryThis chapter describes the functions in the LabWindow

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-2 © National Instruments CorporationTable 3-1. The Analysis Library Function Tree (Con

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-3 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesThe classes and subclasses in the function tree are

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-4 © National Instruments Corporationlarge amounts of data. Large double-precision arra

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-5 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes inTab

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-6 © National Instruments CorporationPurposeAdds two (2D) arrays. The function obtains

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-7 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes inTab

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-8 © National Instruments CorporationParametersInputxRealdouble-precision Real part of x

Contents© National Instruments Corporation xi LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesChapter 6DDE Library ...

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-9 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes inTab

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-10 © National Instruments CorporationCxDiv1Dint status = CxDiv1D (double arrayXReal[],

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-11 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesCxLinEv1Dint status = CxLinEv1D (double arrayXReal[

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-12 © National Instruments CorporationCxMulint status = CxMul (double xReal, double xIma

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-13 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesThe function performs the operations in place; that

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-14 © National Instruments CorporationParametersInputxRealdouble-precision Real part of

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-15 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesCxSub1Dint status = CxSub1D (double arrayXReal[], d

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-16 © National Instruments CorporationDeterminantint status = Determinant (void *inputMa

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-17 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersInputarrayXdouble-precisionarrayInput arr

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-18 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes inT

ContentsLabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries xii © National Instruments CorporationChapter 8Utility Library ...

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-19 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesGetAnalysisErrorStringchar *message = GetAnalysisEr

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-20 © National Instruments CorporationParametersInputinputArraydouble-precisionarrayInpu

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-21 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes in n

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-22 © National Instruments CorporationLinEv2Dint status = LinEv2D (void *inputArray, int

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-23 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesMatrixMulint status = MatrixMul (void *matrixX, voi

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-24 © National Instruments CorporationMaxMin1Dint status = MaxMin1D (double inputArray[]

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-25 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersInputinputArraydouble-precision2D arrayIn

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-26 © National Instruments CorporationParametersInputinputArraydouble-precisionarrayInpu

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-27 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes inTa

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-28 © National Instruments CorporationNeg1Dint status = Neg1D (double inputArray[], int

Contents© National Instruments Corporation xiii LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesGetSystemDate...

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-29 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesSortint status = Sort (double inputArray[], int num

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-30 © National Instruments CorporationParametersInputinputArraydouble-precisionarrayInpu

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-31 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes inTa

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-32 © National Instruments CorporationSubset1Dint status = Subset1D (double inputArray[]

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-33 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersInputxRealdouble-precision X coordinate.y

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-34 © National Instruments CorporationParametersInputarrayXRealdouble-precisionarrayX co

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-35 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes inTa

Analysis Library Chapter 3LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 3-36 © National Instruments CorporationTransposeint status = Transpose (void *inputMatrix

Chapter 3 Analysis Library© National Instruments Corporation 3-37 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesError ConditionsIf an error condition occurs during

© National Instruments Corporation 4-1 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesChapter 4GPIB/GPIB-488.2 LibraryThis describes the NI-488 and NI-488.2 functio

ContentsLabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries xiv © National Instruments CorporationUnloadExternalModule...

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-2 © National Instruments CorporationTable 4-1. The GPIB Functions Library Funct

Chapter 4 GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library© National Instruments Corporation 4-3 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesTable 4-1. The GPIB Functions Library Functi

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-4 © National Instruments CorporationTable 4-1. The GPIB Functions Library Funct

Chapter 4 GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library© National Instruments Corporation 4-5 LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries• The Bus Control function panels provide lo

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-6 © National Instruments Corporationdrivers are packaged with your GPIB interfac

Chapter 4 GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library© National Instruments Corporation 4-7 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesNote: When writing instrument modules, you mu

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-8 © National Instruments Corporationincluded in the wait mask. Aside from the d

Chapter 4 GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library© National Instruments Corporation 4-9 LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries• The last GPIB call was a board call. Autop

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-10 © National Instruments CorporationGlobal Variables for the GPIB LibraryThe fo

Chapter 4 GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library© National Instruments Corporation 4-11 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesIf you want to use GPIB under Windows 95 and

Contents© National Instruments Corporation xv LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesChannel String for Analog Output Functions ...

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-12 © National Instruments CorporationNotification of SRQ and Other GPIB EventsSy

Chapter 4 GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library© National Instruments Corporation 4-13 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesGPIB Function ReferenceMost of the functions

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-14 © National Instruments CorporationCloseInstrDevsint result = CloseInstrDevs (

Chapter 4 GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library© National Instruments Corporation 4-15 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesThe callback function is called when any of

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-16 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Valuestatusinteger(short integer onW

Chapter 4 GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library© National Instruments Corporation 4-17 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesCallbackFunctionThe callback function must h

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-18 © National Instruments CorporationOnly one callback function can apply for ea

Chapter 4 GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library© National Instruments Corporation 4-19 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesSRQI, RQS, and Auto Serial PollingIf you wan

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-20 © National Instruments CorporationIf invoked because an asynchronous I/O oper

Chapter 4 GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library© National Instruments Corporation 4-21 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesOpenDevint bd = OpenDev (char *deviceName, c

ContentsLabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries xvi © National Instruments CorporationTablesTable 1-1. ANSI C Standard Library Classes ...

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-22 © National Instruments CorporationThreadIbcntint threadSpecificCount = Thread

Chapter 4 GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library© National Instruments Corporation 4-23 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesIf you are not using multiple threads, the v

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-24 © National Instruments CorporationReturn CodesDefinedConstant Value Descripti

Chapter 4 GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library© National Instruments Corporation 4-25 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesSee AlsoThreadIbsta, ThreadIbcnt, ThreadIbcn

GPIB/GPIB-488.2 Library Chapter 4LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 4-26 © National Instruments CorporationReturn CodesThe return value is a sum of th

© National Instruments Corporation 5-1 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesChapter 5RS-232 LibraryThis chapter describes the functions in the LabWindows/

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-2 © National Instruments CorporationTable 5-1. The RS-232 Library Function Tree (Continu

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-3 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesUsing RS-485You can use all of the functions in the RS

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-4 © National Instruments CorporationAll functions, except the Open and Close functions, r

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-5 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesAll serial devices are either of the type Data Communi

© National Instruments Corporation xvii LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesAbout This Manual

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-6 © National Instruments Corporationapplication. Refer to the Hardware Handshaking secti

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-7 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesHardware HandshakingThe SetCTSMode function enables ha

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-8 © National Instruments Corporation– If the input queue of the port is nearly full, the

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-9 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParameter DiscussionThe function does nothing if the p

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-10 © National Instruments CorporationParametersInputCOMPortinteger Range 1 through 32.fil

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-11 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesComRdint nbytes = ComRd (int COMPort, char buffer[],

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-12 © National Instruments CorporationComRdByteint byte = ComRdByte (int COMPort);PurposeR

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-13 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersInputCOMPortinteger Range 1 through 32.coun

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-14 © National Instruments CorporationComSetEscapeint result = ComSetEscape (int COMPort,

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-15 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesThe following values may be used only with the RS-485

About This ManualLabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries xviii © National Instruments Corporation• Chapter 5, RS-232 Library, describes the functions in th

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-16 © National Instruments Corporationfor ComRdTerm. If both count and terminationByte are

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-17 LabWindows/CVI Standard Librariesthe port, call GetOutQLen. GetOutQLen returns the nu

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-18 © National Instruments CorporationParameter DiscussionThis function times out if the o

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-19 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesFlushOutQint status = FlushOutQ (int COMPort);Purpos

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-20 © National Instruments CorporationTable 5-5. Bit Definitions for the GetComStat Funct

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-21 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParameterInputCOMPortinteger Range 1 through 32.Retur

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-22 © National Instruments CorporationGetRS232ErrorStringchar *message = GetRS232ErrorStri

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-23 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesNote: The callback function may receive more than one

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-24 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes in Ta

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-25 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesThe following table further describes the events.Even

About This Manual© National Instruments Corporation xix LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesConventions Used in This ManualThe following conventions are

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-26 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Valueresultinteger Refer to error codes in Ta

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-27 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersInputCOMPortinteger Range 1 through 32.devi

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-28 © National Instruments CorporationUnder UNIX, the inputQueueSize and outputQueueSize p

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-29 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesSetComTimeint result = SetComTime (int COMPort, doubl

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-30 © National Instruments CorporationSetCTSModeint result = SetCTSMode (int COMPort, int

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-31 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesSetXModeint result = SetXMode (int COMPort, int mode)

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-32 © National Instruments CorporationParametersInputCOMPortinteger Range 1 through 32.sta

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-33 LabWindows/CVI Standard Librariesfor an acknowledgment before it re-sends the current

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-34 © National Instruments CorporationXModemReceive tries ((maximum#ofTries + 1) / 2) time

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-35 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valueresultinteger Result of the XModem sendop

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About This ManualLabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries xx © National Instruments CorporationThe LabWindows/CVI Documentation SetFor a detailed discussion

RS-232 Library Chapter 5LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 5-36 © National Instruments CorporationError ConditionsIf an error condition occurs during

Chapter 5 RS-232 Library© National Instruments Corporation 5-37 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesTable 5-6. RS-232 Library Error Codes (Continued)-25

© National Instruments Corporation 6-1 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesChapter 6DDE LibraryThis chapter describes the functions in the LabWindows/CVI

DDE Library Chapter 6LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 6-2 © National Instruments CorporationDDE Clients and ServersInterprocess communication with D

Chapter 6 DDE Library© National Instruments Corporation 6-3 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesDDE callback functions used in a program that acts as a D

DDE Library Chapter 6LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 6-4 © National Instruments CorporationTable 6-2. DDE Transaction Types (xType)xType Server Cl

Chapter 6 DDE Library© National Instruments Corporation 6-5 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesA DDE Library Example Using Microsoft Excel and LabWindow

DDE Library Chapter 6LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 6-6 © National Instruments CorporationWhen the DDE_DATAREADY transaction is received in the ca

Chapter 6 DDE Library© National Instruments Corporation 6-7 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParameter DiscussiondataFormat must be a valid data forma

DDE Library Chapter 6LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 6-8 © National Instruments CorporationIf successful, this function returns the number of bytes

© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesChapter 1ANSI C Library

Chapter 6 DDE Library© National Instruments Corporation 6-9 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParameter DiscussionserverName, topicName, and itemName m

DDE Library Chapter 6LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 6-10 © National Instruments CorporationPurposeCalled by client to send a command to be execute

Chapter 6 DDE Library© National Instruments Corporation 6-11 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesdataFormatunsigned integer Valid data format; for exampl

DDE Library Chapter 6LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 6-12 © National Instruments CorporationPurposeCalled by client to write data to a DDE server a

Chapter 6 DDE Library© National Instruments Corporation 6-13 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesSee AlsoConnectToDDEServer, ClientDDEReadConnectToDDESer

DDE Library Chapter 6LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 6-14 © National Instruments CorporationclientCallbackFunction defines a callback function thro

Chapter 6 DDE Library© National Instruments Corporation 6-15 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesDisconnectFromDDEServerint status = DisconnectFromDDESe

DDE Library Chapter 6LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 6-16 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Valuemessagestring Explanation of error.Register

Chapter 6 DDE Library© National Instruments Corporation 6-17 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesDDE_DISCONNECTDDE_DATAREADYDDE_REQUESTDDE_ADVISELOOPDDE_

DDE Library Chapter 6LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 6-18 © National Instruments CorporationThis function registers your program as a DDE server wi

ANSI C Library Chapter 1LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 1-2 © National Instruments CorporationTable 1-1. ANSI C Standard Library Classes (Continu

Chapter 6 DDE Library© National Instruments Corporation 6-19 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesServerDDEWriteint status = ServerDDEWrite (unsigned int

DDE Library Chapter 6LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 6-20 © National Instruments CorporationRefer to Microsoft programmers' documention for Wi

Chapter 6 DDE Library© National Instruments Corporation 6-21 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes in Table

DDE Library Chapter 6LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 6-22 © National Instruments CorporationParameter DiscussionThe itemName represents the informa

Chapter 6 DDE Library© National Instruments Corporation 6-23 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesUnregisterDDEServerint status = UnregisterDDEServer (ch

DDE Library Chapter 6LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 6-24 © National Instruments CorporationTable 6-3. DDE Library Error CodesCode Error Message 0

© National Instruments Corporation 7-1 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesChapter 7TCP LibraryThis chapter describes the functions in the LabWindows/CVI

TCP Library Chapter 7LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 7-2 © National Instruments CorporationTCP Clients and ServersNetwork communication using the TC

Chapter 7 TCP Library© National Instruments Corporation 7-3 LabWindows/CVI Standard Librariesprogram is invoked to process the request. The parameter

TCP Library Chapter 7LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 7-4 © National Instruments CorporationParametersInputconversationHandleunsigned integer Uniquel

Chapter 1 ANSI C Library© National Instruments Corporation 1-3 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesTable 1-2. C Locale Information ValuesName Type C loca

Chapter 7 TCP Library© National Instruments Corporation 7-5 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valuestatusinteger Returns the number of byteswrit

TCP Library Chapter 7LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 7-6 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes inTable 7-

Chapter 7 TCP Library© National Instruments Corporation 7-7 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesSee AlsoRegisterTCPServer, DisconnectFromTCPServerDisconn

TCP Library Chapter 7LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 7-8 © National Instruments CorporationSee AlsoRegisterTCPServerGetTCPErrorStringchar *message =

Chapter 7 TCP Library© National Instruments Corporation 7-9 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes inTable 7-

TCP Library Chapter 7LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 7-10 © National Instruments CorporationIt is up to you to define the meaning of the callback da

Chapter 7 TCP Library© National Instruments Corporation 7-11 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesServerTCPWriteint status = ServerTCPWrite (unsigned int

TCP Library Chapter 7LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 7-12 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Valuestatusinteger Refer to error codes in Table

© National Instruments Corporation 8-1 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesChapter 8Utility LibraryThis chapter describes the functions in the LabWindows

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-2 © National Instruments CorporationTable 8-1. The Utility Library Function Tree (Continu

ANSI C Library Chapter 1LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 1-4 © National Instruments CorporationUnder Windows, LabWindows/CVI implements the default

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-3 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesTable 8-1. The Utility Library Function Tree (Continu

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-4 © National Instruments CorporationTable 8-1. The Utility Library Function Tree (Continu

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-5 LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries• Standard Input/Output Window functions control vari

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-6 © National Instruments CorporationBreakpointvoid Breakpoint (void);PurposeDuring execut

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-7 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesClsvoid Cls (void);PurposeIn the LabWindows/CVI envir

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-8 © National Instruments CorporationParameter DiscussionsourceFileName and targetFileName

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-9 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valueloadedinteger Indicates whether the LabWi

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-10 © National Instruments CorporationParameterInputnumberofSecondsdouble-precision Number

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-11 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParameterInputfileNamestring File to delete.Return V

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-12 © National Instruments CorporationYou can use this function in conjunction with Enable

Chapter 1 ANSI C Library© National Instruments Corporation 1-5 LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries• islower maps to the Windows function isCharLower.• i

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-13 LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries• The <Alt-Tab>, <Alt-Esc>, or <Ctrl

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-14 © National Instruments Corporationyour standalone application to be brought up in plac

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-15 LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries• Do not use the Standard I/O Window in your final

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-16 © National Instruments CorporationNote: For you to be able to use this function under

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-17 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valuestatusinteger Result of operation.Return

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-18 © National Instruments CorporationGetBreakOnProtectionErrorsint state = GetBreakOnProt

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-19 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn CodesNnn Where N.nn is the LabWindows/CVI ver

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-20 © National Instruments CorporationGetDirint result = GetDir (char currentDirectory[]);

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-21 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valueresultinteger Result of operation.Return

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-22 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Codes 0Success. -1Out of memory. -4Invalid f

ANSI C Library Chapter 1LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 1-6 © National Instruments CorporationInput/Output FacilitiesThe function rename fails if

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-23 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesGetFileAttrsint result = GetFileAttrs (char fileName

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-24 © National Instruments CorporationParameter DiscussionEach attribute parameter will co

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-25 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Codes 0 Success.-1 File not found or director

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-26 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Codes 0 Success.-1 File not found or director

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-27 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Codes 0 Success.-1 File not found or director

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-28 © National Instruments CorporationUnder Windows, all of the attributes are honored. Th

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-29 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParameter DiscussionsearchPath may contain the wildc

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-30 © National Instruments CorporationUsing This FunctionThis function is useful when your

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-31 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersNoneReturn Valuekinteger Key code.Using Th

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-32 © National Instruments CorporationPurposeThis function obtains the name of the directo

Chapter 1 ANSI C Library© National Instruments Corporation 1-7 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesThe AAA and BBB fields specify the names of the standa

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-33 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesGetNextFileint result = GetNextFile (char fileName[]

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-34 © National Instruments CorporationGetProjectDirint result = GetProjectDir (char direct

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-35 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesGetStdioPortvoid GetStdioPort (int *stdioPort);Purpo

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-36 © National Instruments CorporationParametersOutputmaxNumLinesinteger The maximum numbe

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-37 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersOutputtopinteger The current distance, in

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-38 © National Instruments CorporationParametersOutputvisibleinteger 1 = Standard I/O wind

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-39 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesGetSystemTimeint status = GetSystemTime(int *hours,

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-40 © National Instruments CorporationParametersOutputvisibleinteger 0, if window is to be

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-41 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersInputhInstancevoidpointer0 if called from

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-42 © National Instruments Corporation /* your other DETACH code */

ANSI C Library Chapter 1LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 1-8 © National Instruments Corporationor by creating another .pif file. Refer to your Mic

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-43 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersInputportNumberinteger The port.Return Val

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-44 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Codes0Key has not been pressed.1Key has been

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-45 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesRefer to your DOS documentation for further help wit

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-46 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Codes under Microsoft Windows 0Command was su

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-47 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesLaunchExecutableExint result = LaunchExecutableEx (c

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-48 © National Instruments CorporationA handle can be passed to ExecutableHasTerminated an

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-49 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesLoadExternalModuleint module_id = LoadExternalModule

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-50 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Codes (Continued)-21Could not load the DLL.-2

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-51 LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries• You can call RunExternalModule. This requires tha

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-52 © National Instruments Corporation3. If the file has not been found and its extension

Chapter 1 ANSI C Library© National Instruments Corporation 1-9 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesThe UNIX version of LabWindows/CVI works with all the

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-53 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersInputpathNamestring Relative or absolute p

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-54 © National Instruments Corporationcommand in the Build menu of the Project Window to c

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-55 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesExample/* make a new directory named \DATA\WAVEFORM

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-56 © National Instruments Corporationoutpchar byteWritten = outp(int portNumber, char byt

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-57 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReadFromPhysicalMemoryint status = ReadFromPhysicalM

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-58 © National Instruments CorporationReadFromPhysicalMemoryExint status = ReadFromPhysica

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-59 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReleaseExternalModuleint status = ReleaseExternalMod

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-60 © National Instruments CorporationRenameFileint result = RenameFile (char existingFile

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-61 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesUnder UNIX, if the arguments to RenameFile specify f

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-62 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Valuenlong Result of the rounding operation.E

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ANSI C Library Chapter 1LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 1-10 © National Instruments CorporationParameter Discussionmode is the same as the mode pa

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-63 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParameter DiscussionmoduleID is the value LoadExtern

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-64 © National Instruments CorporationIf debugging is disabled, this function has no effec

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-65 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesYou can use this function to prevent LabWindows/CVI

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-66 © National Instruments CorporationSetDirint result = SetDir (char directoryName[]);Pur

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-67 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn Valueresultinteger Result of operation.Return

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-68 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Valueresultreturn value Result of operation.R

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-69 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersInputfileNamestring File to set attributes

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-70 © National Instruments CorporationSetFileTimeint result = SetFileTime (char fileName[]

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-71 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesSetPersistentVariablevoid SetPersistentVariable (int

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-72 © National Instruments CorporationParametersInputstdioPortinteger CVI_STDIO_WINDOW (0)

© National Instruments Corporation 2-1 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesChapter 2Formatting and I/O LibraryThis chapter describes the functions in the

Chapter 8 Utility Library© National Instruments Corporation 8-73 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersInputmaxNumLinesinteger The maximum number

Utility Library Chapter 8LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 8-74 © National Instruments CorporationshowLineNumbers—In an executable, the default value

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© National Instruments Corporation G-1 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesGlossaryPrefix Meaning Valuen- nano-10-9µ-micro-10-6m- milli-10-3k- kilo-103M-

Chapter 2 Formatting and I/O Library© National Instruments Corporation 2-13 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesFillBytesvoid FillBytes (char buffer[], i

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Glossary© National Instruments Corporation G-3 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesDD/A Digital-to-analog.DAC D/AconverterAn electronic device, often an

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Glossary© National Instruments Corporation G-5 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesKKB Kilobytes of memory.kS 1,000 samples.ksamples 1,000 samples.LLSB L

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IndexLabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries I-8 © National Instruments Corporationusing literals, 2-40scanning functions, 2-41 to 2-43examples, 2-41form of

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Chapter 2 Formatting and I/O Library© National Instruments Corporation 2-15 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesParametersInputformatStringString.source1

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Formatting and I/O Library Chapter 2LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 2-16 © National Instruments CorporationReturn Valueninteger Number of source f

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Formatting and I/O Library Chapter 2LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 2-18 © National Instruments CorporationGetFmtErrNdxint n = GetFmtErrNdx (void)

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Chapter 2 Formatting and I/O Library© National Instruments Corporation 2-23 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesUsing This FunctionThe return value can b

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Chapter 2 Formatting and I/O Library© National Instruments Corporation 2-25 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesScanFileint n = ScanFile (int fileHandle,

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Chapter 2 Formatting and I/O Library© National Instruments Corporation 2-29 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesReturn ValueNoneStringUpperCasevoid Strin

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Chapter 2 Formatting and I/O Library© National Instruments Corporation 2-33 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesEach of these formatting functions return

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Chapter 2 Formatting and I/O Library© National Instruments Corporation 2-63 LabWindows/CVI Standard LibrariesString to Integer and Stringchar *s;char

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