CVI Function Panel Converter Dialog Box

Select Tools»Instrumentation»Import CVI Instrument Driver to display the Select a CVI Function Panel File dialog box in which you select the function panel (FP) file to convert. After you select an FP file, the CVI Function Panel Converter dialog box appears.

Use this dialog box to specify the destination directory, set options, and complete the conversion.

Note  Macintosh This feature is not available.

This dialog box includes the following components:

Note  All LabWindows/CVI .dll files require run-time support. You must install the LabWindows/CVI Run-time Engine to use VIs that the conversion process creates. This engine comes as part of the standard LabVIEW installation.
Note  The CVI Function Panel Converter dialog box is designed to work with function panels for instrument drivers that use the standard set of VXIplug&play and IVI (Interchangeable Virtual Instruments) data types. Conversion might not work for function panels that use data types that exist outside that standard.

Refer to the Using External Code in LabVIEW manual for more information about using external code in LabVIEW.

Completing a Conversion

The following sequence of events takes place during the conversion of a function panel.

  1. Click the OK button in the CVI Function Panel Converter dialog box.
  2. A status dialog box lists the name of each new VI as it is created. The converter saves this list to a log file named prefix.out, which also contains any warning or error messages from the conversion.