Annotate Code - Add text to BD and FP?

[sunnysideup]

Hi,

I'm using vi scripting to generate code for a user. I was wondering how I can programmatically annotate the code in the block diagram and front panel so the user understands it better.

Thanks.

[TrevorChristman]

(recanted in favor of a superior answer below)

[DFGray]

You can create free labels fairly easily.  Here is a snippet and a LabVIEW 8.6 version.  You will want to do some positioning to get the labels in the right spots.  That is usually the most tedious part.

[jcase]

The New VI Object primitive has the ability to drop objects relative to other objects. There are several things you can wire to the "relative position/next to" input on the New VI Object primitive:

• a point
• an object reference to create the new object next to
• a cluster of a reference, offset, etc (image below)

This third style will make it much easier to drop labels next to other objects. Here is a modified version of DFGray's code. Notice the cluster that is wired into the second New VI Object.

There are some typedefs to make creating this cluster easier but I think we forgot to ship them with scripting. I'll look into seeing if we can get those out somehow (or in a future release). Until then, you can create these clusters by hand. Be sure to copy the relative direction enum around.