09-05-2020 06:51 PM
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09-07-2020 04:52 AM
Hi Stanislav,
I've made a small change in the GOOP4 CreateClass VI (see attachment).
Replace the existing VI with this one in this folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2016\resource\Framework\Providers\Open_GDS\ClassProviders\Provider_EndevoGOOP400\ClassWriterGOOP400_class
And let me know if this solves the issue.
09-08-2020 11:38 PM - edited 09-09-2020 01:13 AM
Looks like working correctly now as far as creating the new class off the template goes! But LabVIEW still prompts for saving template class files, i.e. your script still modifies them for some reason when obviously it shouldn't do anything to them.
Also you left a couple of break points in that VI, so make sure you remove them before updating the distributions with it. But first please fix whatever causes the modifications to the template class files during the process of creating a new class off of it.
Update 1: Funny: it kept doing it (asking to save some VIs in the template class on exiting LabVIEW after creating a class off of a template) but then stopped. That's good but something may still not be kosher. Please check.
Update 2: Yes, LabVIEW still insists that the template class has changes that need to be saved, including the .lvclass file of the template itself:
"Some attribute of the library was changed, such as the library version, default menu or icon."
"This class changed which other class it inherits from. The class' version number was automatically incremented."
"Attributes of one or more VIs owned by this library changed. This library has been modified to reflect those changes."
09-09-2020 01:33 AM
Maybe this should be a separate topic, but why does your "Modify this class inheritance" dialog box see (lists in the drop down box) only the classes explicitly present in the same project? It doesn't even see the parents of those classes.
09-09-2020 05:15 PM
Yes, why do I modify the class we're cloning/copying?!?!?
I try to remember this myself, but I do it in several places (e.g. Create class, Clone Class).
If the class I'm cloning has a parent class (if it's inheriting a class) I remove that links just before I clone the class and then I change it back.
It has to do with the "Save Library as a Copy" function, I think it crashed LV in some cases.
I could try to remove this and see now with LV2016 and later if it still crashes LV.
I see even in 2018 that it does crash LV from time to time, depending on the class you’re trying to clone.
09-09-2020 05:17 PM
I only display the ones you've added in the project, not checking the dependencies.
But sure we could change that.
Add it as a bug in OpenGDS Github.
09-09-2020 07:07 PM - edited 09-09-2020 07:16 PM
Can the cloning script(s) work off of a temporary copy of the template class files by using simple file copying of them to a temp folder first (before actually cloning) and then modifying that temporary copy(s) instead of the original if it (modification) is so unavoidable? That modified temp copy then can be saved (if needed) or not but in any case can/must be deleted at the end of the process when it is no longer needed.
09-09-2020 11:44 PM
That could work, as long as the parent class could be found from that new location.
If the Parent class has a relative path from the template class it won't find it....
but If I load the template class in memory first then opens the copied template class (but just renames the lvclass file) if should work.
09-10-2020 12:09 AM - edited 09-10-2020 12:11 AM
So will you implement it like this any time soon or should I give up for now on the idea of having template classes which inherit from other classes?
09-13-2020 05:47 PM
I'm working on it right now, I hope having a 2016- version ready next week.
After that I'll focus on the new 2020 version that supports interfaces.