Add LV version to window title

[Darin.K]

When I am running multiple version of LV at the same time I have a hard time telling by sight which version a given VI belongs to.  As others have noted, double-clicking opens the last version used, regardless of the VI version.  This leads to occasional upconversion when an 8.6 VI is opened in LV2009 and subsequently saved.  Every time I want to create a new VI I have to double-check which version I have open using 'About LabVIEW' or checking for subtle differences in the pallettes.  I would appreciate it if the version appeared in the title bar of the window.  In fact, any visual cue would be helpful.

[TCPlomp]

Hi Darin,

I guess you allready know the INI token ShowExePathinWindow.

showExePathInWindowTitle=TRUE

(just for reference)

Ton

[Darin.K]

I did learn about the INI key after this request, so I would ask that we get something a little less verbose.  I do like the idea of making it a separate key.

showLVVersionInWindowTitle=TRUE

[Darren]

I was thinking about writing an idea for the exchange about including the LabVIEW version within the LabVIEW icon itself, like Visual Studio does:

Should I make that a new idea, or should we include it as part of this one?

[mzaleski]

@Darren:  I think modifying the icon itself is sufficient. We don't lose any space on the title bar, it is visible in both normal windows and on the Windows task bar.

[Darren]

I went ahead and posted a new idea about including the version number in the app icon.

-D