By default LABVIEW automatically handles any error that occurs when a VI runs by suspending execution, highlighting the subVI or function where the error occurred, and displaying a dialog box. You can choose other error handling methods. For example, if an I/O VI on the BLOCK DIAGRAM times out, you might not want the entire application to stop. You also might want the VI to retry for a certain period of time. In LabVIEW, you can make these error handling decisions on the block diagram of the VI.
VIs and functions return errors in one of two ways—with numeric error codes or with an error cluster. Typically, functions use numeric error codes, and VIs use an error cluster, usually with error inputs and outputs. Error handling in LABVIEW follows the data flow model. Just as data flow through a VI, we get an error information. Wire the error information from the beginning of the VI to the end. Include an error handler VI at the end of the VI to determine if the VI ran without errors. Use the error in and error out clusters in each VI you use or build to pass error information through the VI.
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As the VI runs, LabVIEW tests for errors at each execution node. If LabVIEW does not find any errors, the node executes normally. If LabVIEW detects an error, the node passes the error to the next node without executing. The next node does the same thing and so on. Use the simple error handler VI, shown below Figure, to handle the error at the end of the execution flow. The simple error handler VI is located on the Functions» All Functions» Time & Dialog palette. Wire the error cluster to the error in input.
Error clusters tell you why and where errors occur. When you perform any kind of I/O, consider the possibility that errors will occur. Almost all I/O functions return error information. Include error checking in VIs, especially for I/O operations such as file, serial, instrumentation, data acquisition, and communication operations, and provide a mechanism to handle errors appropriately. No matter how confident you are in the VI you create, you cannot predict every problem a user might encounter. Without a mechanism to check for errors, you know only that the VI does not work properly. Checking for errors in VIs can help you identify the following problems:
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The error clusters located on the Functions» All Functions» Array & Cluster palette include the following components of information which are also shown below Figure.
When an error occurs, right-click within the cluster border and select Explain Error from the shortcut menu to open the Explain Error dialog box. The Explain Error dialog box contains information about the error. The shortcut menu includes an Explain Warning option if the VI contains warnings but no errors. You can also access the Explain Error dialog box from the Help» Explain Error menu.
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