Is it possible to querry all of the Virtual Instruments in a VI using the ActiveX Server Virtual Instrument Class?

Question

Is it possible to querry all of the Virtual Instruments that exist in the Front panel of a VI using the ActiveX Server Virtual Instrument Class? I can't seem to find a method or property that returns all the Instruments I may want to control from another application.
I wish not to have to reference to the VI to figure the ControlName by looking at the VI FrontPanel.
But rather have a prop that exposes the strings of all the Instruments.
Example:
allinstr=ObjectVIInstrument.VIControlNames
Object.SetControlValue(AllInstr(1),value)
Thanks.
-Abe

Answer 1

Abe,
There is a VI method called "Get All Control Values" that returns an array of {name,typedesc,flatstrvalue} but this method is not exposed to ActiveX interface, most probably because type descriptors and flattened strings are data format internal to LabVIEW.
However you can make a subVI that inputs the target VI name and returns the name of all controls on the Panel invoking the internal method. Then you call this VI via ActiveX to retrieve the list of Front Panel controls of the target VI.
LabVIEW, C'est LabVIEW