Dynamically loading the MathScript Node

Hi - Is it possible to dynamically load script into the Mathscript Node at Run time. I see that you can use define functions and paths and things . But being a newbie to Mathscript could all this hang together to make dynamic loading a possibility and how?
thanks dht

Hi,
unfortunately the node doesn't support run-time dynamic loading of scripts. You can load variable values with the load function, but not scripts.
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361A-01/lvtextmath/msfunc_load/
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361A-01/lvhowto/saving_loading_scripts/
Depending on your application, you could use a case statement to decide between several pre-built (and possibly compiled) mathscript nodes, and acheive the functionality that way.
Another option might be to use the formula vi's instead, although this will require a more complex architecture to parse the text file you'd generate.
For more information on MathScript, please see the following link
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/devzoneweb.nsf/Opendoc?openagent&568C773718B080F286257096005BD314
Hope that helps
Sacha Emery
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