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Chapter 2

BridgeVIEW Environment

BridgeVIEW User Manual

2-8

© National Instruments Corporation

Tag

You use tag controls and indicators for entering and displaying tag names
or group names contained in the loaded tag configuration (

.scf

) file.

You can find tag controls and indicators in Controls»String Table Tags.
For more information about the tag data type, see the section

Tag Data

Type

, in Chapter 4,

Human Machine Interface

.

Activity 2-1. Open and Run a VI

Your objective is to familiarize yourself with the basic concepts of virtual
instruments. You will open, examine, and operate the front panel and
block diagram of a VI.

1.

Select File»Open, and open

Tank Simulation.vi

from the

BridgeVIEW\Examples\G Examples\Apps\tankmntr.llb

.

The front panel appears as shown in the following illustration.

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