Open windows folder

[Sharon_]

Hi friends,

                   Is there a function available in LabVIEW for opening a folder?.

For instance , I save my test results in a folder. I want to have button on my front panel providing option to open and see the contents of the folder.

 

 

Thanks for your time and support..!!!

 

 

Sharon.

[Sharon_]

Hi,

I think I fount it.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Use-LabVIEW-to-open-Windows-Explorer-to-a-certain-directory/td-p/898088

 

 

Thanks anyway..!!!

 

 

Sharon

[hooovahh]

Another neat trick is you can open an explorer window, and have a specific file in that folder selected using the /select switch when calling explorer from a command line.  I tried this, this morning and it worked but for some reason the new windows were minimized.  Probably another switch I'm missing.

[Neil Pate]

Another neat trick is you can open an explorer window, and have a specific file in that folder selected using the /select switch when calling explorer from a command line.  I tried this, this morning and it worked but for some reason the new windows were minimized.  Probably another switch I'm missing.

 

That should work, it certainly works fine on my PC. It is the technique used by the nifty Show VI In Folder quick-drop plugin http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-22461

[hooovahh]

That should work, it certainly works fine on my PC. It is the technique used by the nifty Show VI In Folder quick-drop plugin http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-22461

Yeah I actually took that and modified it to make this QD.

 

https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-31302

 

When using mine, adding the Shift modifier should do just like that function where it shows the file in explorer.  Without the shift it does something completely different where it shows the currently opened VIs.  I just thought it was a waste to not have some secondary function, especially when QD shortcuts are in high demand.