Launch Actor.vi is "X" mark....

[Jarvis90N]

Hello, I learning to actor framework design pattern.

I study Actor Framework Hands-on documents and open the exercise project.

When I open the some VI, Launch Actor.vi marked "X".

Although I can find the VI file in LabVIEW Project, the code doesn't seem to be executed as an X appears in VI.

Does anyone know about this issue?

I using LabVIEW 2020 and Wind 10.

I lookforward to your reply.

Thank you.

 

[cbutcher]

Hi Jarvis,

The "X" indicates that the VI in question ("Launch Actor.vi") has been deprecated.

In more recent versions of LabVIEW (for a while now, but I guess not in the example) we're guided to instead use "Launch Root Actor" and "Launch Nested Actor", which are a little simpler and more clearly describe intent.

In this case, you can use Launch Root Actor and you won't need the Queue reference to be created separately.

[justACS]

To clarify, Launch Actor.vi is deprecated for production use.  It is still used to launch isolated actors as part of unit testing.