Is there a reference of the ActiveX LabVIEW 8.2?

Hi,
I would like to write a tool which allow to show all my VIs in a tree and edit the properties of these VIs (for example 'documentation'). Then I want to generate an HTML and .CHM documentation from this set of VIs.
I found an ActiveX for LabVIEW8.2 which works fine with .NET C# but I could'nt find the documentation of this ActiveX (which name is LabVIEW). Does anybody knows where is the documentation?
Regards,
Risotto

"Risotto" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
Hi,
 
I would like to write a tool which allow to show all my VIs in a tree and edit the properties of these VIs (for example 'documentation'). Then I want to generate an HTML and .CHM documentation from this set of VIs.
 
I found an ActiveX for LabVIEW8.2 which works fine with .NET C# but I could'nt find the documentation of this ActiveX (which name is LabVIEW). Does anybody knows where is the documentation?
 
Regards,
Risotto
I think the exported ActiveX functions should be the same as the application properties and invoke nodes in LabVIEW. So you can use the LabVIEW help to look up the function. Not sure though, I never used it.
Regards,
Wiebe.

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