Find VIs on Disk Window

Select Tools»Find VIs on Disk to display this window.

Use this window to search for a VI by filename in a directory.

This window includes the following components:

Option Description
Directory to search

Directory in which you want to search for VIs by filename. LabVIEW also searches for VIs in any subdirectories.
Filenames to search for

Text for which you want to search in filenames. Use an asterisk wildcard (*) to match zero or more arbitrary characters.
Search inside LLB files

Specifies whether to search VI filenames inside LLBs. Remove the checkmark from this checkbox to exclude the VIs inside LLBs.
Search Results

Displays the matching filenames as LabVIEW finds them.
Open Selected VIs

Opens the selected VIs. You also can double-click a search result to open the VI.

Press the <Ctrl> key and click additional search results to select more than one result. Press the <Shift> key and click a search result above or below the current result to select all results in between the current result and the second result you selected.
Searching

Displays the directory LabVIEW is currently searching.
Files found

Displays the total number of matching filenames found.
Find

Searches the files in the directory you selected in the Directory to search text box for the text in the Filenames to search for text box.
Stop

Cancels a search in progress.