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Creating a VI snippet

Hi Rolf,

thanks a lot, do you want to test and debug the code yourself or should I take that job?

Thanks again,

Ton

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Well the actual PNG code is C programming which is a bit of a work and once I have it I will let you know and then you can do some tests with it. I also was experimenting a little in LabVIEW 7.1 about using the Copy/Paste operators there to implement a create subVI from selection function. I'm pretty sure it can be done but it is a bit of a hassle since you would need to temporarely make some modifications to the original VI and such nasty things.

Rolf Kalbermatter

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With the Help of Darin, I was able to integrate snippet creation in the Code Capture Tool in LabVIEW 7.0.

Dropping is limited to LabVIEW 9.0.

Ton

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We now can open a VI snippet made with the CCT in LabVIEW 8.6 with this VI.

Jim
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@RDR wrote:

The commands for VI Snippet are not currently exposed through VI Server.  One of our LabVIEW Product Managers is investigating the feasibility of releasing a G-code method of creating snippets and delivering this to the community in the form of a right-click framework or quick drop plugin.

 

-Bob


Hi All,

 

I understand that this thread is almost a decade old now, but just wanted to check if any progress/improvement has been made to this expected feature - "creating a VI snippet  programmatically".

- Partha ( CLD until Oct 2024 🙂 )
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Hope I'm not too late to the game. I put together a VI Snippet Import Library, up on GitHub, to import VI Snippets programmatically (see llb attached). Under the hood, VI Snippets are no more than custom PNG data chunks that contain the binary VI file. The library saves and loads the "niVI" chuck to the clipboard (within the context of the block diagram) and then pastes the code to the destination VI specified.

 

VI Snippet PNG Chunks:

  • "IHDR": PNG header information
  • "IDAT": PNG image data
  • "niVI": LabVIEW VI code << this is the secret sauce
    • E.g. "RSRC...VI_NAME.vi"
  • "tEXt": LabVIEW VI Snippet help text
    • E.g. "National Instruments Software This image contains an embedded VI File. For more details visit ni.com/info and enter 'ex6a7h' "
  • "IEND": PNG end of file

I realize this is geared for importing VI Snippets, but the principles for exporting should be the same.

 

Best Regards, Ryan

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