EasyConvert.llb

[JW-JnJ]

EasyConvert (edit time plugin)

Author: JW-JnJ

What it does

Takes right-clicked wires then finds and inserts a conversion for that wire. To do this, you have to intentionally create a broken wire, right click, the select Convert. The plugin will insert the relevant function and create any necessary constants (i.e. the typecast type).

Note: If the conversion is not found in the list, a typecast is used.

Before:

Menu: (note: for each wire)

After:

Attachement is saved in LabVIEW 2016. For install instructions, go here.

Comments requested:

1. The quickdrop version of this loaded a binary file list of conversions which I couldn't figure out how to do in a llb. I used a strict typedef with default values. I get the feeling this isn't the best coding practice. Let me know.
2. This is my first foray into these. General comments on best plugin practices welcome.

Change list:

1. Updated the wire joint searching algorithm to something more robust. It will search backwards on wires as well as not grab nearby branches on accident.

[ivan.yakushchenko]

Is it possible, please, to convert it also to LV 2015? Thanks a lot!

[PrimaryKey]

 This is so awesome. And the code inside is just beautiful. Great job! 5 out of 5

[tomsze]

Does this and other plugins(like Alphabetize Event Structure) work in LV2017?

I tried but there was just a flash and nothing changed.

[Darren]

I installed the EasyConvert.llb in [LabVIEW Data]\PopupMenus\edit time panel and diagram on my system. I tried it with code like the first image above, with a U8 array wired to a string indicator. In both LabVIEW 2016 and 2017, it correctly inserted the Byte Array to String node. So the plugin appears to work fine in LabVIEW 2017 with what I tried.

[tomsze]

@ Darren

Thanks～

[littlesphaeroid]

The version I downloaded (running in LV2019) does not work. The conversions array type def does not have the source and sink mask data included, and the data is not loaded into this array from a binary as explained in the VI documentation. Thus all conversions some out as type casts.