Click the arrow button on the right side of a shared variable refnum control on the front panel or constant on the block diagram and select Browse from the shortcut menu to display this dialog box.

Use this dialog box to browse for shared variables.

This dialog box includes the following components:

Option Description
Browse

Specifies whether to browse for a shared variable in a project library file or on the network. If you select Published Shared Variables from the pull-down menu, all published shared variables on the local computer and on the network appear in the list below the Browse pull-down menu.

Select Tools»Shared Variable»Register Computer to display the Register Remote Computer tool.
URL Displays the variable identifier URL of the selected variable. For variables that can be accessed through more than one engine, a pull-down arrow appears on the right side of the URL display. You can use the pull-down menu to specify which Variable Engine to use. For example, when you select a network-published I/O variable, you can use the URL pull-down menu to specify whether to access the I/O variable locally through the I/O Variable Engine or remotely through the PSP Variable Engine.