LabVIEW Idea Exchange

Within LabVIEW Build Specs you can specify a version for an executable that is built.  You can presently see this from within the Windows add/remove program and there are some funky ways of getting this version with .net or WinAPI calls but you should be able to do this from LabVIEW similar to the app version as shown below.

This should also be within LabVIEW so that it can work from LabVIEW Real-Time as well.

The title says it all - I'd like to have the option to inherit my configuration settings from the previous LabVIEW installation (or from a specified path).  Currently I have to do this manually by copying the ini file from the previous version, but I'm never sure whether there will be compatibility issues with the new version of LabVIEW or if there are obsolete settings.  The installer should check for compatibility/obsolescence issues as it creates the new ini file.

Alternatively / additionally, I'd like to be able to specify where LabVIEW loads the LabVIEW.ini file from (which could be located on a network or USB disk).

Many of us would have experienced situation where we would like to have listbox indicator or control as opposed to using array of cluster. For eg.

This is achieveable with the help of array of clusters containing different control.

To some extent dropdown menus can be implemented in listbox, but with with large and complex codes with property nodes.

It would be great to have listbox control / indicator which would be simple to use like cluster element; as in below.

Such a listbox element is very useful in product testing application.

When  we are resizing the window if it shows the size means it will easy to make User interface as shown

Currently, if you want to enter in multiple elements in an array, you have to click on the empty element before typing.  It would be more effecient to be able to press tab to enter another element in that array.

LV2010 introduced a new possibility of accessing class private data via property nodes. However, I suggest to reduce the size of the property node when the Name Format is set to Short Names (default). The suffix .lvclass is not necessary.

Provide a method to delete a shortcut to a recent file that is no longer current. The main LabVIEW window on the right-hand side below Open Existing has a list for All Recent Files, Recent Projects, Recent VIs, or Other Recent Files. The All Recent Files is default and perhaps most convenient. However, it always lists projects before files. Therefore, if we open numerous projects the recent files are pushed down and must be scrolled to, limiting convenience. It is common to open an example project, a new Untitled Project 1.lvproj, or one to help a coworker. These take up space which could show frequently-used files. These can be deleted from the LabVIEW.ini (e.g. RecentFiles.projectPathList, RecentFiles.pathList keys) but doing so it tedious and prone to allow accidental changes. A right-click pop-up menu could contain a Delete/Remove from List item; the Delete key cannot be used because there is no item selection since a single click opens the item.

The useful feature of having an arrow connect a free label to the part of the code it refers to was added in LV 2013. However, there are cases where a label refers to multiple objects, so you would want to point an arrow to each of those objects. Currently this is unavailable. I suggest that this feature gets implemented in following LV releases. It makes block diagram documentation just that bit better.

Hi all,

It will be very convenient to have the ability to change the amount increment in a for loop.  Currently, the i in for loop start at 0 and increment by 1 for each iteration.  It will be great if we can change the start point of i and the amount increment, similiar to what we can do in c.

for(i=2; i<10; i=i+3)

Yik

Add a new button to the search results dialog called "Set Aside" so I can have multiple search results open at the same time.  Put it near the bottom just below the search results.  When you click it, it changes the title of the window to "Search Results - Set Aside 1".  If you click "Set Aside" again when #1 is open, it will open "Search Results - Set Aside 2" ... and so on.  This way you can have several different search results open simultaneously.  I love the check mark feature in the search results, but it resets every time the search windows is closed or overwritten by a new search.  Thus I lose my place if I want to make sure to check every instance of something but need to search again while looking at one item.