List of symbolic paths

The following table lists symbolic paths that are available in LabVIEW.

Symbol	Description
<invalid>:\	Resolves to Not A Path.
<libdir>:\	Paths to the LabVIEW installation directory and add-ons from the LVAddons directory.
<menus>:\	Paths to menus directories: <libdir>:\menus.
<vilib>:\	Paths to vi.lib directories: <libdir>:\vi.lib.
<userlib>:\	Paths to user.lib directories: <libdir>:\user.lib.
<instrlib>:\	Paths to instr.lib directories: <libdir>:\instr.lib.
<helpdir>:\	Paths to help directories: <libdir>:\help.
<osdatadir>:\	Paths to LabVIEW Data directories.
<nishared>:\	Paths to the "Shared" folder in the "National Instruments" directory.
<instcachedir>:\	Paths to the installer cache directories.
<resource>:\	Paths to the resource directories: <libdir>:\resource.
<extravilib>:\	Paths to the "ExtraVILib" directories: <osdatadir>:\<version>(<bitness>)\ExtraVILib.

See also

• Symbolic path