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	Ability VI within an XControl or XNode
Build	Build Specifications node under every target
Class Private Data	Private Data Control inside a LabVIEW Class
Compact Vision System Target	Real-Time Compact Vision System target
CompactRIO Ethernet Device	Ethernet RIO target
CompactRIO Windows	Windows CompactRIO target
cRIO Chassis	CompactRIO Chassis under a cRIO RT target
Dependencies	Dependencies node under every target
Directives	Directives items created for VIs by FPGA IP Builder
DLL	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	Application (EXE) node under Build Specifications
Elemental IO	IO Resource under an FPGA target
elvisRIO Chassis	Chassis under an ELVIS RIO target
Embedded Vision System Target	NI Embedded Vision System 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 Generic Target	Networked Computer/Device target
FPGA Memory Block	Memory node under an FPGA target
FPGA Target	FPGA target (R-series device, cRIO target, etc.)
Folder	Virtual folder or an auto-populating folder
HTTP WebResources Container	Web Resources folder under a Web Service node
IO Server	I/O Server node under a target
IP Builder Target	IP Builder node under an FPGA target
Installer	Installer node under Build Specifications
LVClass	LabVIEW class
Library	LabVIEW project library
LibraryData	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	Packed Project Library (PPL)
LVStatechart	LabVIEW StateChart Module library
LVStatechartVIItem	Hidden ProjectItem that contains internal information about an LVStatechart library
Method VI	Method VI in an XControl
Module Container	Real-Time Scan Resources node under an RT Chassis
My Computer	My Computer node under the root Project
Packed Library	Packed Library node under Build Specifications
Project	Root project item at the top of the Project Explorer
Property Definition	Property definition folder under a LabVIEW Class
Property Folder	Property folder in an XControl
Property VI	Property VI in an XControl
RIO C Series Module	CompactRIO module that appears under the FPGA Target node under an RT CompactRIO target
RIO Subresource	Resource under a RIO module. For example, an SD Card node.
RT CDAQ Chassis	Real-Time CompactDAQ Chassis target
RT CompactRIO	RT CompactRIO target
RT Desktop	Real-Time Desktop target
RT elvisRIO	ELVIS RIO target
RT FlexRIO	Real-Time FlexRIO target
RT Generic	Generic RT Target
RT Industrial Controller	Real-Time Industrial Controller target
RT myRIO	myRIO target
RT PXI Chassis	RT PXI Target
RT roboRIO	roboRIO target
RT Single-Board RIO	RT Single-Board RIO Target
Robotics Environment Simulator	Simulated robot device
sbRIO Chassis	Single-Board RIO Chassis that appears under an RT Single-Board RIO target
Smart Camera Target	Real-Time Industrial Smart Camera Target
Source Distribution	Source Distribution node under Build Specifications
Startup VIs Container	Startup VIs folder under a Web Service node
TestItem	Test file (.lvtest) from the Unit Test Framework
TestVectorItem	Test vector file (.lvvect) from the Unit Test Framework
TouchPanel	Touch Panel target
VI	Virtual Instrument (VI)
Variable	Shared Variable node under a library or a target
Web Service	Web Service node
XControl	XControl library
XNode	XNode library
Zip File	Zip File node under Build Specifications
.NET Interop Assembly	.NET Interop Assembly node under Build Specifications
{69A947D5-514E-4E75-818E-69657C0547D8}	Real-Time Application node under Build Specifications (under an RT Target)
{9C5E1E31-72F0-41E9-9B17-FFBE4626F549}	IP Build node under Build Specifications (under an IP Builder target)
{E661DAE2-7517-431F-AC41-30807A3BDA38}	Package node under Build Specifications
{F4C5E96F-7410-48A5-BB87-3559BC9B167F}	Compilation node under Build Specifications (under an FPGA target)