Network:URL Property
Short Name: Network.URL
Installed With: Base Package
Class: Variable Properties
Gets or sets the path to a shared variable inside another project or to the data item to which you want to bind the shared variable you are configuring.
The network path to shared variables in other projects consists of the computer name, the name of the library in which the shared variable resides, and the shared variable name: \\computer\library\project_variable. The network path to an NI-PSP data item consists of the computer name, the name of the process in which the data item resides, and the data item name: \\computer\process\data_item.
This property is similar to the Network Path option on the Variable page of the Shared Variable Properties dialog box.
Remarks
The following table lists the characteristics of this property.
| Available in Run-Time Engine and Real-Time Operating System | No |
| Permissions | Read/Write |
| Settable when the VI is running | Yes |
| 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 |