Remove Symbol

Use this command to detach a symbol from its parent symbol in the Data Server repository. You must turn Maintenance on to use this command. When you are finished, turn Maintenance off to allow access by other users. For more information, see Maintenance or Exclusive.

Syntax:

REMOVE SYMBOL DimName SymName PARENT OldParentSymName

where:

• DimName is a dimension containing the symbols.
• SymName is a symbol to be detached.
• OldParentSymName is the current parent symbol of SymName.

Creating an ASCII input file

Create an ASCII file containing the following information for each symbol:

SymName{PARENT{OldParentSymName

Syntax (with an ASCII file):

REMOVE SYMBOL DimName @FileName

where:

• DimName is a dimension containing the symbols.
• FileName is an ASCII file containing the data. It can include a complete or partial folder path in the format C:\...\FileName. If FileName includes spaces, enclose it in double quotation marks; for example:

  @"C:\My Documents\My Data.txt"

Note: If the document is in the same location as lv_af.exe, you do not need to specify the drive or path.

Syntax example:

See also

• Assign Symbol
• Set Variable
• Switch Symbol