Type issues in LV

2004-05-07 Thread MichaelS
I have two related questions about the way LabView handles data type. I would like the user to be able to connect to a terminal of a VI data of anything type (same type as the input of To variant node). How can I do that? What can I use as a container to store a meaningful descriptor of

Re: Type issues in LV

2004-05-07 Thread MichaelS
I cannot use polymorphic VIs as I do not know at the design time all possible data types during run time. Besides, use of polymorphic VIs is cumbersome. However, I know answer for the first question already. The second question deals with inability of LabView (to my knowledge)to provide a way to

Re: Type issues in LV

2004-05-07 Thread MichaelS
Thanks a lot, it helps. How come NI did not address this issue yet?! They got to have a universal GetTypeofVariant thing somehwere there, I am pretty sure. Regards, Michael

Re: Type issues in LV

2004-05-07 Thread MichaelS
Thank you for the assistance. Unfortunately, Equal? does not do what I need: if values of two variants are different, but types are the same, Equal? gives FALSE, even though I need TRUE.