UNC filenames provide the primary means for specifying the location of a file or directory in a networked environment. In LabVIEW, you can enter and view UNC filenames in path controls, indicators, and constants in a file dialog box. UNC filenames use the following path form.

\\<machine>\<share name>\<dir>\...\<file or dir>

where <machine> is the name of the computer that you want to access on the network, <share name> is the name of a shared drive on that machine, <dir>\... consists of the name of the directory and subdirectories in which you want to store the file, and <file> consists of the name that you want to call the file.