LabWindows/CVI Idea Exchange

Starting from CVI2010, the User Interface Browser and the Attribute Browser are both located on the right of the UIR editor in the Workspace window.

I'd like to be able to hide these windows when required: when working on small screens like when you use a laptop these windows occupy a lot of space even if you reduce their size at the minimum.

In addition, the ability to choose which window to display on the bottom left could be a good option: up to version 2009 the bottom left side of the workspace window switched between the library tree (source editor) and the attribute browser (UIR editor).

Ideally, while in the UIR editor I would like to be able to:

• Choose whether to show some window on the right side or not
• In case nothing is shown on the right, choose whether to have the attribute browser, the library tree or the user interface browser in the bottom left angle

I would like to suggest a function tree view in CVI.  I feel this is sorely missing.  Many times, I want to jump right to a function, but I don't remember where it is.  In a single C file with 1,000+ lines, this can be very aggravating.

For this reason, I tend to use Notepad++ for the heavy lifting, along with the Source Cookifier plugin.  See attached screenshot of that plugin.

There are options in the plugin to enable certain features, such as the global and local variables in addition to the function names.  When you are inside a function in the souce editor, the tree updates with a selection to show that you are inside that function.  This is very helpful with functions that have more lines than available veritcal screen space.  This way, I don't have to scroll up to see what function I'm looking at.  I simply look at the tree with a glance and I know.

Right now, it is possible to add a readme file to the distribution (Build / Distribution / Edit...). Unfortunately, the file type of a readme file (and the license agreement file) is limited to *.rtf. 

It might be useful to distribute a more 'complex' readme file, e.g. including figures. Hence I would prefer to distribute readme.pdf instead of readme.rtf

What is the point of this Idea Exchange, when there is such a low uptake rate from NI?

There have been many very good suggestions posted here, but only 6 are labelled as "In Beta", which I assume means will be in the CVI release this autumn. There are 106 "Under Consideration", but there is no indication what is required to move them to "In Beta". For instance, Wolfgang posted "Reduce and document the NI services running after Windows logon" on ‎04-01-2011. It went to "Under Consideration"  on 08-15-2011. Two Years from the original posting, we still have nothing!

How do I justify renewing our Volume Licence Agreement when the LabWindows development effort within NI is so small?

Hello,

even today source code needs to be printed (to paper, to PDF...). So for a given font and font size there is a maximum number of characters per line that can be printed without forcing a line break.

Accordingly, I have arranged my source code that none of the lines exceeds this limit. I would consider it convenient to have a faint grey vertical line indicating this limit. So I suggest adding a 'ruler' with user settable vertical guides.

Thanks for consideration.

Is there a configuration/source management system available for LabWindows/CVI? If not, one is desperately needed.

Debugging code involving arrays is complicated by the facts that

1. In order to view a value from an array one has to press first Shift F7 and then F4: one key press would be simpler Right now only graphical array view has its one click shortcut...
2. Every time I restart the program I have to reposition the array display window to a place where it does not overlap with source code window, variable window,... It would be much more convenient if the window position of Array Display could also be saved such that in the next run and pressing Shift F7, F4 the window would be usable immediately, without the need to reposition it

Thanks!