Default text editor inside project explorer

[skusie]

Hi community,

does anyone know if it's possible to change the default text editor inside the project explorer? The current default is windows notepad.

Greetings from Berlin.

[GerdW]

Hallo skusie,

I think LabVIEW just opens text files using the default program assigned to txt files. So when you want to use a different text editor you need to change the default program for txt files in Windows…

See you tomorrow at the Andels! (?)

[skusie]

Hi Gerd,

unfortunately that doesn't work. I already changed the default program for .txt files, but LabVIEW still uses notepad.

See you tomorrow!

[RavensFan]

Have you tried closing and reopening LabVIEW after having made that change to the default program for .txt files.

I ask because there are many settings within LabVIEW that are only read upon the starting of the development environment.  This may be one of them.  For instance, if you change your time zone, LabVIEW doesn't recognize the new time zone until you restart LV.

[skusie]

Thanks for the hint. But that didn't work aswell.

[AlexanderE]

Witch LV Version are you using?

I tested it with LV 2015 and LV used the choosen default program for txt files in Windows.

It worked without reopening LV.

[skusie]

LV 2013-2016.

Thanks for the test. It still doesn't work in any of the installed labview versions. The windows explorer uses the correct program for opening the text files but labview does not. May be it is a windows issue.

[AlexanderE]

Which Windows Verision do you have?

Which Programm does LV use to open the file?

[rolfk]

Something doesn't seem to be setup correctly in your Windows system for file type association. I just tested it by selecting in Explorer a .txt file and choosing to open it with another editor than notepad, setting this as default in the according dialog.

Then opening LabVIEW 2011 and 2014 and adding any .txt file to the project and clicking on it opens in both versions the new editor.

I use Windows 7 on this machine and tried it with Notepad++, my prefered text file editor outside of LabVIEW.

[daveTW]

Just to be sure, we talk about the same procedure of setting the default program (shown on my german windows installation):

First:

Start the Windows Browsing Tool of your choice as an Administrator!

Second:

Third:

Make sure to set the checkmark at the lower side.

That should do the job.

P.S. Saw you at the LabVIEW Days last week?