Paths Options Page

Select Tools»Options to display the Options dialog box and select Paths from the Category list to display this page.

Use this page to define the paths to various LabVIEW resources and to specify the order of the directories LabVIEW searches.

Note  If LabVIEW cannot find a VI, you can replace the missing VI with a VI of any name. LabVIEW replaces all instances of the missing VI with the VI that you select.

This page includes the following components:

• Path Chooser—Selects the path to configure. Library Directory, Temporary Directory, and Default Directory can contain only one path. VI Search Path can contain multiple paths. The default is Library Directory.
  • Library Directory—Allows you to modify the absolute pathname to the directory that contains vi.lib and any library directories you supply. The default is the directory that contains the LabVIEW development environment. Modify this directory to change the directory that LabVIEW searches when you click the Search button on the palette toolbar.

    Note  Changes to this option take effect the next time you start LabVIEW.

  • Temporary Directory—Allows you to modify the absolute pathname to the directory for temporary files, which varies according to platform, as follows:
    • Windows The default is windows\temp, where windows is the operating system directory.
    • Mac OS The default is an invisible Temporary Items folder at the top of the hard drive, which is where Apple recommends storing temporary files. If the development environment crashes, the temporary files move to the trash when you restart.
    • Linux The default is /tmp.

    Note  Changes to this option take effect the next time you start LabVIEW.

  • Default Directory—Allows you to modify the absolute pathname to the default directory, which is the directory where LabVIEW automatically stores information. The Default Directory function also returns this value.

    Note  Changes to this option take effect the next time you start LabVIEW.

  • Default Data Directory—Specifies where to store any file a VI generates, such as .lvm files. The default is the LabVIEW Data directory in the default file directory on the operating system.

    Note  Changes to this option take effect the next time you start LabVIEW.

    You also can use the Application:Default:Data Directory property to specify the default data directory programmatically.

  • VI Search Path—Allows you to modify the path that LabVIEW uses to search for a missing subVI, control, or external subroutine. Use this option to list, in order, the path of directories for LabVIEW to search. When you edit the search path, you can add new items in specific locations, remove paths, and select from a list of predefined paths.
• Use default—Sets the displayed path to its default value. This checkbox is checked by default. To edit the displayed path, remove the checkmark from the checkbox.
• Path list—Displays the value of the path selected in the Path Chooser list. If Use default is checked, you cannot edit this field. If a path in the list does not exist, a warning symbol appears next to the path.
• Browse—Browses to a directory. Click the Select Cur Dir button in the file dialog box to add the path to the Path field.
• Symbolic paths—Copies a symbolic path to the Path field. These symbolic paths are only available when setting the VI search path. Select from the following directories:
  • <topvi> refers to the directory that contains the top-level VI that LabVIEW is opening.
  • <foundvi> refers to a list of all directories where you have previously located a subVI. During a search, LabVIEW adds to this list any directory in which LabVIEW finds a subVI. <foundvi> helps you locate a directory of VIs that has been moved or renamed. When you open a VI that calls another VI that has been moved, you must find that directory only once and then LabVIEW adds this path to the list of directories.
  • <vilib> refers to the vi.lib directory in the LabVIEW Directory.
  • <userlib> refers to the user.lib directory in the LabVIEW Directory.
  • <instrlib> refers to the instr.lib directory in the LabVIEW Directory.
  • <osdatadir> refers to the default file directory on the operating system.
• Default Data Path—Copies <osdatadir> to the Path field.
• Path—Displays the path that you selected. Click the Insert buttons to move the path to the Path list.
• Insert Before—Inserts the path in the Path field before the path selected in the Path list.
• Insert After—Inserts the path in the Path field after the path selected in the Path list.
• Replace—Replaces the path selected in the Path list with the path in the Path field.
• Remove—Removes the path selected in the Path list and places it in the in the Path field.

 

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