String Controls and Indicators
- Updated2026-09-28
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String controls and indicators display text data with configurable formats, such as password masking or hexadecimal display. Use File I/O functions to save string data to external files, including text files and spreadsheets.
Related Information
- Configuring String Controls and Indicators
Configure LabVIEW string constants, controls, and indicators by setting display style, line limits, wrapping, and typed-value updates.
- String Data
- Formatting Strings with Format Specifiers
To use data in another VI, function, or application, you often must convert the data to a string and then format the string in a way that the VI, function, or application can read. Use format specifiers in LabVIEW to format typed data into strings or to interpret typed data from strings.