Registers or installs a DataPlugin to the local computer. You must manually select the polymorphic instance to use.

Note DataPlugins are shared between different National Instruments products and applications on the local computer. Installing/registering or uninstalling/unregistering a DataPlugin might affect these products or applications.


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Inputs/Outputs

  • cstr.png DataPlugin name —

    DataPlugin name specifies the name of the DataPlugin. You can find the DataPlugin names on the National Instruments website at ni.com/dataplugins or use the List DataPlugins VI to list all the DataPlugins existing on the website.

  • cerrcodeclst.png error in (no error) —

    error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality.

  • istr.png DataPlugin name out —

    DataPlugin name out returns a duplicate of DataPlugin name.

  • icclst.png DataPlugin information —

    DataPlugin information returns information about the DataPlugin that this VI installs on the local computer.

  • istr.png name —

    name returns the name of the DataPlugin.

  • istr.png version —

    version returns the version information of the DataPlugin.

  • istr.png Type —

    type returns the type of the DataPlugin. This information indicates the programming language in which the DataPlugin was created.

  • ibool.png read-only? —

    read-only? indicates whether the DataPlugin is a read-only DataPlugin.

  • i1dstr.png extensions —

    extensions returns the file extensions you can use with this DataPlugin.

  • ierrcodeclst.png error out —

    error out contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality.

    • Examples

    Refer to the following example files included with LabVIEW.

    • labview\examples\File IO\DataPlugins\General\Manage DataPlugins.vi
    • labview\examples\File IO\DataPlugins\ATML\DataPlugins - ATML.lvproj