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Provides a list of group and channel names contained within the .tdms file specified in the .tdms file input.

Example

	tdms file is a refnum to the .tdms file to perform the operation on. Use the TDMS Open function to open the refnum.
	group name indicates the channel group to analyze. If this input is not wired, the function performs the operation on all channel and group names.
	error in describes error conditions that occur before this VI or function runs. The default is no error. If an error occurred before this VI or function runs, the VI or function passes the error in value to error out. This VI or function runs normally only if no error occurred before this VI or function runs. If an error occurs while this VI or function runs, it runs normally and sets its own error status in error out. Use the Simple Error Handler or General Error Handler VIs to display the description of the error code. Use error in and error out to check errors and to specify execution order by wiring error out from one node to error in of the next node. status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred before this VI or function ran or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred before this VI or function ran. The default is FALSE. code is the error or warning code. The default is 0. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code. source specifies the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning. The default is an empty string.
	tdms file out generates a refnum to the .tdms file you performed the operation on.
	group names lists the names of the channel groups in the specified .tdms file.
	group/channel names lists the names of the channel groups and their associated channels in the specified .tdms file. If the group name input is wired, group/channel names returns the channel names within the specified group.
	error out contains error information. If error in indicates that an error occurred before this VI or function ran, error out contains the same error information. Otherwise, it describes the error status that this VI or function produces. Right-click the error out front panel indicator and select Explain Error from the shortcut menu for more information about the error. status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred. code is the error or warning code. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code. source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning.

Example

Refer to the Read Channel Groups (TDMS) VI in the labview\examples\file\storage.llb for an example of using the TDMS List Contents function.