Datasocket items

[VDB]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a method to programmatically get a list of all items on a Datasocket server. Does somebody know if this is possible?

Greetings,

VDB

[Michael Aivaliotis]

I don't know of a way to enumerate the items. However you can bring up an interactive window programmatically. If you go to the datasocket pallete then you can run the VI called Datasocket Select URL.vi. This will allow you to choose a URL. I know this is not ideal but I see no other way.

[the_mhudson]

I'm working on a project with a similar need.
It isn't impossible, but the "enumerate the items at this DS URL" part is hidden from the programmer.

The datasocket ActiveX library can be called directly in whatever programming environment you want (LabVIEW, Visual Studio) by pointing at CWDSLib.  When you call CWDSLib's select(), a NInetbrowser (BROWSERLib) is built, the URLs are retrieved through NILogosxt prestidigitation, and then the browser is presented to the user.  I've spent a little time watching this with procmon, Ollydbg and wireshark, but haven't been able to put all the pieces together yet. 
In the end, I expect the process to be a series of hacky calls to nids.dll and nilxtcor.dll.