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Method of ProjectItem.

Adds a new project item of the specified type to the LabVIEW project with the referenced item as the parent.

This method returns an error if the specified type cannot be created under the current item. The method also returns an error when you try to add a shared variable to a library that is not opened in a project.

Syntax

object.AddItem(name, path, type)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	String	Name of the project item you want to add.
path	String	Path to the project item you want to add.
type	String	Specifies the project item type. The following values are the most common type values: VI Folder Library XControl EXE DLL Source Distribution Installer Zip File Hyperlink Some of the values listed above are only supported on certain LabVIEW Development Systems. Refer to ni.com/labview for more information about LabVIEW Development Systems. To determine the value of type for a project item that is not listed above, use the TypeString property to programmatically return the type of the item.

Return Value

ProjectItem*