Actions Menu

The Actions menu contains items for starting and stopping the Shared Variable Engine, refreshing your workspace, and logging into a system.

• Log In—Displays the NI Security Login dialog box.
• Log Out—Logs out of the session configured in the NI Security Login dialog box.
• Configure Security—Displays the NI ACL Configuration dialog box, which you can use to update security settings.
• Start Local Shared Variable Engine—Restarts the Shared Variable Engine.

  Note  You must use an alternate method to start the Shared Variable Engine on Windows Vista.

• Stop Local Shared Variable Engine—Shuts down the Shared Variable Engine.

  Note  You must use an alternate method to stop the Shared Variable Engine on Windows Vista.

• Alias Manager—Displays the Alias Manager dialog box, which you can use to configure aliases for local computers and IP addresses.
  • The Shared Variable Engine uses aliases when running custom I/O servers that refer to other variables in the system.
• Add System to My Systems—Displays the Add Systems to My Systems dialog box that allows you to add a system to My Systems on the system tree.