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Owning Palette: Libraries & Processes VIs

Installed With: DSC Module

Saves the deployed configuration of processes or shared variables to one or several LabVIEW project libraries.

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Save to Library (Process)

	process specifies the project process whose configuration you want to save to one or several project libraries.
	library path specifies the name of the project library in which you want to save the configuration.When you use the Process instance of the Save to Library VI, you can specify a project library name with or without a .lvlib extension. If you use a .lvlib extension, LabVIEW saves the configuration to a project library with the name you specify. If you do not use a .lvlib extension, LabVIEW creates a subdirectory with the name you specify. LabVIEW then saves the configuration to a project library within that subdirectory with the same name as the original process.When you use the Shared Variables instance of the Save to Library VI, you can specify a project library name with a .lvlib extension or specify a folder path. If you specify a folder path, LabVIEW creates project libraries within the folder you specify. The project libraries have the same names as the processes of the shared variables in the Shared Variable Engine. LabVIEW then saves the configuration of these shared variables to the project libraries.
	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.
	complete path returns the complete path to the project library or folder in which LabVIEW saved the configuration.
	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.

Save to Library (Shared Variables)

	shared variables specifies the shared variables whose configuration you want to save to one or several libraries.
	library path specifies the name of the project library in which you want to save the configuration. When you use the Process instance of the Save to Library VI, you can specify a project library name with or without a .lvlib extension. If you use a .lvlib extension, LabVIEW saves the configuration to a project library with the name you specify. If you do not use a .lvlib extension, LabVIEW creates a subdirectory with the name you specify. LabVIEW then saves the configuration to a project library within that subdirectory with the same name as the original process. When you use the Shared Variables instance of the Save to Library VI, you can specify a project library name with a .lvlib extension or specify a folder path. If you specify a folder path, LabVIEW creates project libraries within the folder you specify. The project libraries have the same names as the processes of the shared variables in the Shared Variable Engine. LabVIEW then saves the configuration of these shared variables to the project libraries.
	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.
	complete path returns the complete path to the project library or folder in which LabVIEW saved the configuration.
	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.

Save to Library Details

If the project library you specify in library path contains other items that do not exist in the process or shared variables array, this VI does not delete those items. This VI only overwrites existing configurations and adds new items. For example, suppose the original process contains two shared variables: var1 and var2. You want to save this process to an existing project library, MyLib, which already has two shared variables: var1 and var3. When you execute the Save to Library VI, the resulting MyLib project library contains three variables: var1, var2, and var3. LabVIEW overwrites the configuration of the var1 shared variable in MyLib with that of the original process.