Cannot get a plugin script to set the Root.Name to a value

Question

I am experimenting with trying to build a data plugin. One of the things I discovered doesn't work is when I try to set the name of the Root to a string of my choice, like
Root.Name = "My Data"
Instead, it seems DIAdem always sets the name of the root to the name of the log file instead.
I tried turning on the script recorder and doing the change manually, and it recorded the code line Data.Root.Name = "My Data" but if I try to use that line of code in my plugin DIAdem reports a scripting error and says it cannot find 'Data'.
What I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

Regarding your scripting error, you mixed up DIAdem objects with the VBS DataPlugin API.
The Data object you refer to in "Data.Root.Name" is DIAdem specific and cannot be used in DataPlugin code. This is because DataPlugins are generic and can also be used in other National Instruments software products like LabVIEW.
Switching the syntax in DIAdem Script (File->Change Syntax) to "VBS DataPlugin" should help to write DataPlugin scripts. E.g. "Data.Root.Name" should not be recognized by DIAdems Syntax Highlighting.