How to store the member data of an object?

Question

hi,
    how do i store the data member of an object in labview? I want the data to be available from a different vi as well. i'll cretae an object and would set some attributes to it. So when i call this object by its name from a different vi, i want the attributes that was set to the object to be displayed. how do i achieve this.
Regards
Jayaraman

Answer 1

If the only thing you need is a container to store values, then, as I mentionned in your other post:
Do a search on "Action Engine" within this forum.  A sub-section of Action Engines is something called a "Functional Global Variable".
You can also do a search on that.  Functional Global Variables are VERY different from Globals or Shared Variables.  They are often used as a container to store values and allow to share among VI's.  It only retains the last value written to it (unless you modify the structure but I won't get into that). 
Here is an example of what an AE looks like: http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&view=by_date_descending&message.id=311549#M311549
Another Action Engine example: http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&view=by_date_descending&message.id=289773#M289773
Nugget on Action Engine: http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=240328
Simple explanation of Functional Globals: http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&view=by_date_descending&message.id=56747#M56747