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Do not offer to modify history when saving running VIs

Status: Declined

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Here are the settings I use in LabVIEW Options>>Revision History:

 

Screen Shot 2015-07-16 at 13.47.35.png

 

It forces me (or at least reminds me) to document changes I make to my code.

The drawback is that each time a VI is closed while not yet saved, the Revision History window of that VI opens up (after the usual Save/Defer Decision/Cancel dialog), even when I do not want to write anything in it.

No big deal, I just Escape and voila.

 

That is fine when I am closing shop for the day or wrapping up a new feature.

 

That is ANNOYING when I clean up my screen by closing all subVIs AFTER I run my code, not because I have to close those windows, but because I cannot enter anything in the Revision History box anyway!

 

Screen Shot 2015-07-16 at 13.55.32.png

(Notice how the box background is colored as an indicator in the snapshot above?)

 

So why open the Revision History window in the first place?

 

Suggestion: Skip the Revision History window when closing a running VI.

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Darren
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Status changed to: Declined

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