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Displays a dialog box for the user to select a data source and returns the URL to that data.

Use this VI only when you do not know the URL for an object and you want to search for a data source or target from a dialog box.

Example

	Options has a default of 0.
	StartURL specifies the URL to open the dialog box. StartURL can be blank, a protocol such as file:, or an entire URL.
	Title is the title of the dialog box.
	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.
	Filter inputs the filter values the dialog box uses. Filter currently is enabled for files only.
	URL Selected is TRUE if you selected a valid data source.
	URL provides the URL of the selected data source. This value is valid only if URL Selected is TRUE.
	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 Browse To OPC Item VI in the labview\examples\comm\opc.llb for an example of using the DataSocket Select URL VI.