Chapter 8 Utility Library
© National Instruments Corporation 8-9 LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries
Return Value
loaded integer Indicates whether the LabWindows/CVI low-level
support driver was loaded at startup.
Return Codes
1 Low-level support driver was loaded at startup.
0 Low-level support driver was not loaded at startup.
DateStr
char *s = DateStr (void);
Purpose
Returns a 10-character string in the form MM-DD-YYYY, where MM is the month, DD is the day,
and YYYY is the year.
Parameters
None
Return Value
s10-character string The date in MM-DD-YYYY
format.
Delay
void Delay (double numberofSeconds);
Purpose
Waits the number of seconds indicated by numberofSeconds. The resolution on Windows is
normally 1 millisecond. However, if the following line appears in the CVI section of your
WIN.INI file, the resolution is 55 milliseconds.
useDefaultTimer = True
The resolution on Sun Solaris is 1 millisecond.