Programmatically altering strings to be evaluated in a Formula Node?

Hello,
I want the user of my program to enter an expression in a string control
that is a function of two variables. I want to be able to evaluate this
string as if it were in a formula node.
Is there a way of programmatically altering strings to be evaluated in a
Formula Node?
Thanks,
Peter

I found 'Eval Formula Node.vi'. That does just what I was looking for.
Thanks
Peter
"Peter T" wrote in message news:3d810eba@newsgroups....
> Hello,
>
> I want the user of my program to enter an expression in a string control
> that is a function of two variables. I want to be able to evaluate this
> string as if it were in a formula node.
>
> Is there a way of programmatically altering strings to be evaluated in a
> Formula Node?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
>

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