New File

Creates a new file and opens it for reading or writing, regardless of permissions. Refer to Setting Permissions for more information about using the permissions and group parameters.

datalog type can be any data type. Wire a cluster matching the record data type and cluster order to this input when creating datalog files. If you wire it, LabVIEW creates a datalog file whose records are of the specified data type, in which case refnum is a datalog file refnum. The default is to create a byte stream file, in which case refnum is a byte stream file refnum.
permissions specifies the file system access permissions to assign to the new directory or file. The default is system-specific default permissions.
file path is the full path of the file you want to create. If file path refers to an existing file or directory and overwrite is FALSE, this function does not create a new file. Instead, the function sets refnum to Not A Refnum and returns an error.
group contains the group setting for the file or directory after this function executes. If group is an empty string, the function uses the user default.
deny mode specifies the degree to which other users can operate on the file simultaneously.

0Deny both read and write to the file by other users.
1Permit read but deny write to the file by other users.
2Permit both read and write to the file by other users (default).
error in describes error conditions that occur before this VI or function runs. The default is no error. If an error occurred before this VI or function runs, the VI or function passes the error in value to error out. This VI or function runs normally only if no error occurs before this VI or function runs. If an error occurs while this VI or function runs, it runs normally and sets its own error status in error out. Use the Simple Error Handler or General Error Handler VIs to display the description of the error code. Use error in and error out to check errors and to specify execution order by wiring error out from one node to error in of the next node.
status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred before this VI or function ran or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred before this VI or function ran. The default is FALSE.
code is the error or warning code. The default is 0. If status is TRUE, code is a non-zero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code.
source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning. The default is an empty string.
overwrite determines whether the function replaces the file or returns an error if file path already exists. If overwrite is FALSE (default), the function returns a duplicate path error. If overwrite is TRUE, the function replaces the file.
refnum is the file refnum associated with the new file. If file path refers to an existing file or directory and overwrite is FALSE, this function sets refnum to Not A Refnum.
error out contains error information. If error in indicates that an error occurred before this VI or function ran, error out contains the same error information. Otherwise, it describes the error status that this VI or function produces. Right-click the error out indicator on the front panel and select Explain Error from the shortcut menu for more information about the error.
status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred.
code is the error or warning code. If status is TRUE, code is a non-zero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code.
source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI or function that produced the error or warning.