Whenever I select some code and choose Edit > Create SubVI, I always have to spend a few extra minutes doing the following with the new subVI that was created:
- Change the connector pane pattern (usually to 4x2x2x4)
- Move terminals around (putting errors in bottom corners, refnums in top corners, etc.)
- Rearranging the front panel to look nice
- Renaming controls (i.e. 'error out 2' to 'error in')
- Wrapping the subVI diagram in an error case
- Running Clean Up Diagram
- Editing the VI icon
Wouldn't it be great if some (or all) of these actions could be done automatically? I've always thought so. And so has Aristos Queue. In fact, he has some code ready that, whenever Edit > Create SubVI is invoked, would call a plugin VI (that I have written) that would use VI Scripting to perform those tedious cleanup operations that we must currently do manually.
We would love to add this feature to LabVIEW 2011. But before we can, we've been told by our project managers that the Create SubVI Improvements idea on the Idea Exchange needs more kudos. You can read more details about this arrangement here.
So if you want to see Edit > Create SubVI actually create a decent subVI, please spend a few seconds and do the following:
- Go to this link.
- Click the "Kudos" button (the up arrow with a + next to it) on the left side of the screen.
If we can get over 160 kudos, we should be able to get a green light on adding this feature to LabVIEW 2011. So if you want this feature as much as I do, please go kudo that idea if you haven't already.
