Get File path when opening saved data

[Michael ten Den]

Hi everybody,

I'm acquiring data and saving that on my disk as .dat.

Now I want to later open and analyse the data.

So I'm busy with writing a VI thats read the .dat file. The VI is going to be a .exe file.

This results in that I can set all my .dat files to that executable.

The problem is:

When I run my .exe, it still want me to select the .dat file I want to open.

But I want it to read the path of the .dat file i'm opening

Hopes my problem is clear

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Michael ten Den

[ShaunR]

Hi everybody,

I'm acquiring data and saving that on my disk as .dat.

Now I want to later open and analyse the data.

So I'm busy with writing a VI thats read the .dat file. The VI is going to be a .exe file.

This results in that I can set all my .dat files to that executable.

The problem is:

When I run my .exe, it still want me to select the .dat file I want to open.

But I want it to read the path of the .dat file i'm opening

Hopes my problem is clear

____________

Michael ten Den

If you mean you want it to remember a fixed location. then you will have to either save the path somewhere (and load it when tha app starts), hard-wire a path into the file open, or save a control as a default value (right click on control then select "Data operations>>Make Current Value Default")..

The reason it is asking you is because you have not specified a path into the file open (bear in mind that controls are reset to defaults when you open a vI or exe for the first time).

[Michael ten Den]

If you mean you want it to remember a fixed location. then you will have to either save the path somewhere (and load it when tha app starts), hard-wire a path into the file open, or save a control as a default value (right click on control then select "Data operations>>Make Current Value Default")..

The reason it is asking you is because you have not specified a path into the file open (bear in mind that controls are reset to defaults when you open a vI or exe for the first time).

Thanks for your respons, only thats not exactly what I ment.

I want the executable to get the path of the .dat file and open it.

[Mellroth]

Hi everybody,

I'm acquiring data and saving that on my disk as .dat.

Now I want to later open and analyse the data.

So I'm busy with writing a VI thats read the .dat file. The VI is going to be a .exe file.

This results in that I can set all my .dat files to that executable.

The problem is:

When I run my .exe, it still want me to select the .dat file I want to open.

But I want it to read the path of the .dat file i'm opening

Hopes my problem is clear

____________

Michael ten Den

Do you want the application that you have written to load when you double click the *.dat file, and directly start processing the clicked *.dat file?

If this is what you want, please checkout the link

http://labviewwiki.o...indows_Explorer

/J

[Michael ten Den]

Do you want the application that you have written to load when you double click the *.dat file, and directly start processing the clicked *.dat file?

If this is what you want, please checkout the link

http://labviewwiki.o...indows_Explorer

/J

Thats what I needed.