Add Item Method

Short Name: AddItem

Installed With: Base Package

Class: ProjectItem Methods

Adds a new project item of the specified type to the LabVIEW project with the referenced item as the parent. You also can use the Project Explorer window to add an item to a project.

This method returns an error if the specified type cannot be created under the current item. The method also returns an error when you try to add a shared variable to a library that is not opened in a project.

Note  The LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module supports this method in the Run-Time Engine.

Example

Parameters

Name	Required	Description
output	No	Returns a reference to the added file.
Name	No	Name of the project item you want to add.
Path	No	Path to the project item you want to add.
Type	No	Specifies the project item type. The following values are the most common Type values: VI Folder Library XControl EXE DLL Source Distribution Installer Zip File Hyperlink Some of the values listed above are supported only on certain LabVIEW Development Systems. Refer to ni.com/labview for more information about LabVIEW Development Systems. To determine the value of Type for a project item that is not listed above, use the Type String property to programmatically return the type of the item.

Remarks

The following table lists the characteristics of this method.

Available in Run-Time Engine and Real-Time Operating System	No
Settable when the VI is running	No
Loads the front panel into memory	No
Need to authenticate before use	No
Loads the block diagram into memory	No
Remote access disallowed	No
Must wait until user interface is idle	No
Available with control VIs	No
Available with global VIs	No
Available with strict type definitions	No
Available with polymorphic VIs	No

Example

Refer to the Add Files to Project VI in the labview\examples\project\viserver directory for an example of using the Add Item method.

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