Programmatically Creating Clusters

[George Gatling (Contractor)]

I have an file format that lets me store nearly arbitrary (though not 
nested) clusters in tabular (and binary) form... each column is an element 
from the cluster, and each row is a complete cluster... so the whole table 
is basically a cluster array.  There is header information in this file 
that completely describes the layout of the binary table, and this header 
information is derived from the 'type string' information provided for each 
labview data type.  So, by reading this header information, I can 
completely describe the type of the cluster represented by the binary table.

Now, I know I have some runtime limitations, but my question is aimed at 
the editing environment.  Is there a way to build a cluster using the VI 
server?  I imagine the executing VI creating a new VI and then performing 
operations on it that can only be done in edit mode (like define a 
cluster).  The idea being that if someone gave me on of these files, I 
could use this tool to build the cluster and then in a second pass, use 
that cluster to read the file.

I suppose this question is not far removed from the past conversations 
about VI scripting, but at least this is only a subset of that whole 
idea.  Anyone know if this is possible?


George Gatling
Applied Technology Division, SFA Inc.
Space Physics Simulation Chamber
US Naval Research Laboratory
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