ProjectItem class/Get All Descendents method

VI Server Method Information
Method ID	35B53810
Scope	Basic Development Environment
Data Name	Get All Descendents
Short Name*	Get All Descendents
Long Name*	Get All Descendents
* Displayed here in English. Short and Long names appear in the language of the LabVIEW IDE.
Owning Class ID	74
Owning Class Name	ProjectItem Class
Return Data Type	ProjectItem Refnum Array data type
Invoke Node
Available in Real-Time Operating System	No
Available in Run-Time Engine	Yes (Read/Write)
Loads the block diagram into memory	No
Loads the front panel into memory	No
Need to authenticate before use	No
Remote access allowed	Yes
Settable when the VI is running	No

Recursively returns project items that appear under the referenced item in the project tree. For example, if you call this method on project library A that contains an inner project library B, the method returns items owned both by library A and library B.

For this method, the term descendents does not refer to children classes of the referenced project item.

Parameters

Data type	Name	Required	Description
	Get All Descendents	Yes. Return value.
	Type	No	Specifies which kind of project items this method returns. For a list of valid Type strings see ProjectItem.
	ExcludeDependencies	No	Specifies whether to ignore items under the Dependencies folder if the referenced item is a project. If the referenced item is a target, this input specifies whether to exclude items under the target. If the referenced item is neither a project nor a target, this input has no effect on the output of this method.
	ExcludeBuilds	No	If TRUE, does not return Build Specifications or any items under Build Specifications. The default is FALSE.
	ExcludeTargets	No	If TRUE, does not return any targets or any items under targets. The default is FALSE.

Uses

The ProjectItem class/Get All Descendents method is used to get references to all of the children under the input referenced ProjectItem. The parameter Type is used to filter to just those that match that specific type. The ProjectItem class/Type String property can be used to get the Type of an item. A list of valid Type String values and their descriptions are listed on the ProjectItem page.

History

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