Controlling dialog boxes in a DIAdem script from LabVIEW

I have a DIAdem script that prompts the user for the data file it will process. The datafile was created from a labview test routine. I can now run the script from LabVIEW using the "DIAdem Run Script.VI", but in the interest of automation, I would like to have LabVIEW place the filename in this dialog. I would like to keep the dialog in the script, since sometimes we run this script manually. (without LabVIEW)
Bill W.

Bill,
Which dialog are you using to prompt for the file name? It
appears that you cannot send any information to the script through the
Run Script.vi. However, you can call automation commands using
the "DIAdem Run Automation Command.vi". If you want to pass data
to the script, then you can set a Global Variable, or a DIAdem Script
Variable. As an example, you could use the global variable, T1,
and send "T1 := 'myfile'". When the script is executed, that
variable will be accessible within the script and it will be set to
"myfile". You could also set the FileDlgName variable to your
file name. Then it may be possible to send those variables to
your dialog so that they are automatically populated.
Good Luck!
Tyler Tigue
NI

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