ProjectItem

The ProjectItem class in VI Server allows you to inspect and modify items that appear in the Project window, such as VIs, virtual folders, classes, libraries, etc.

If you have a reference to a ProjectItem, you can read the Type String property (short name is TypeString) of the item to identify what kind of item it is:

This is the same string you can use for the Type parameter of the Get All Descendents method of the ProjectItem class to get all children of a ProjectItem that match a specific type:

The following table lists valid Type String values and their descriptions. Update this table with new type strings as you discover them.

Type String	Description
Ability VI	An Ability VI within an XControl or XNode
Build	The Build Specifications node under every target
Class Private Data	The Private Data Control inside a LabVIEW Class
cRIO Chassis	RT CompactRIO Target
Dependencies	The Dependencies node under every target
Directives	Directives items created for VIs by FPGA IP Builder
DLL	The Shared Library (DLL) node under Build Specifications
Document	Non-LabVIEW files, like images, text files, etc.
ECATEbusSlave	EtherCAT slave device
ECATEnetSlave	EtherCAT slave device
ECATMaster	EtherCAT master device
EXE	The Application (EXE) node under Build Specifications
Elemental IO	IO Resource under an FPGA target
FPGA Base Clock	Base clock under an FPGA target
FPGA Component Level IP	RIO DRAM
FPGA Derived Clock	Derived clock under an FPGA target
FPGA FIFO	FIFO node under an FPGA target
FPGA Memory Block	Memory node under an FPGA target
FPGA Target	FPGA target (R-series device, cRIO target, etc.)
Folder	A virtual folder or an auto-populating folder
HTTP WebResources Container	The Web Resources folder under a Web Service node
IO Server	An I/O Server node under a target
IP Builder Target	IP Builder node under an FPGA target
Installer	The Installer node under Build Specifications
LVClass	A LabVIEW class
Library	A LabVIEW project library
LibraryData	A hidden ProjectItem that contains internal information about an LVStatechart library
Localhost	In some projects with a Real-Time target, the 'My Computer' target will have a type of 'Localhost' instead of 'My Computer'.
LVLibp	A packed project library (PPL)
LVStatechart	A LabVIEW StateChart Module library
LVStatechartVIItem	A hidden ProjectItem that contains internal information about an LVStatechart library
Method VI	A Method VI in an XControl
Module Container	The Real-Time Scan Resources node under an RT Chassis
My Computer	The My Computer node under the root Project
Packed Library	The Packed Library node under Build Specifications
Project	The root project item at the top of the Project Explorer
Property Definition	A property definition folder under a LabVIEW Class
Property Folder	A property folder in an XControl
Property VI	A property VI in an XControl
RIO C Series Module	A CompactRIO module that appears under the FPGA Target node under an RT CompactRIO Target
RIO Subresource	A resource under a RIO module. For example, an SD Card node.
RT CompactRIO	An RT CompactRIO Target
RT Generic	A generic RT Target
RT PXI Chassis	An RT PXI Target
RT Single-Board RIO	An RT Single-Board RIO Target
Robotics Environment Simulator	Simulated robot device
sbRIO Chassis	An sbRIO Chassis that appears under an RT Single-Board RIO target
Source Distribution	The Source Distribution node under Build Specifications
Startup VIs Container	The Startup VIs folder under a Web Service node
TestItem	A .lvtest file from the Unit Test Framework
TestVectorItem	A .lvvect file from the Unit Test Framework
TouchPanel	A Touch Panel target
VI	A Virtual Instrument (VI)
Variable	A shared variable node under a library or a target
Web Service	A Web Service node
XControl	An XControl library
XNode	An XNode library
Zip File	The Zip File node under Build Specifications
.NET Interop Assembly	The .NET Interop Assembly node under Build Specifications
{69A947D5-514E-4E75-818E-69657C0547D8}	The Real-Time Application node under Build Specifications (under an RT Target)
{9C5E1E31-72F0-41E9-9B17-FFBE4626F549}	The IP Build node under Build Specifications (under an IP Builder target)
{E661DAE2-7517-431F-AC41-30807A3BDA38}	The Package node under Build Specifications
{F4C5E96F-7410-48A5-BB87-3559BC9B167F}	The Compilation node under Build Specifications (under an FPGA target)