List of VI:s in a project?

[TakeANap]

My project has been used in several clients test equipment. More or less every client needs some special VI:s that are not used in next clients testeq - but still are stored in the folder. Furthermore, the development process making some vi-files no longer needed and should be deleted. Some Vi:s are only test prototypes. This means that the folder growing in a way I don't like. Some times I can see VI:s that are used but aren't in the project (lvproj). How come? Some times they are created in lvproj and sometimes not. 

Question; Is there a way to cleanup the folder and project (.lvproj) from files (vi, ctl...) that are not part of the EXE-file? Some file-list that I can compare whats really in the folder?

I thought of mass-compile but that process does not alter the files date/time.

[Bob_Schor]

Ouch!  Am I correct that your code is not under some form of Version Control?  The Good News is that you realize that you have a serious problem ...

Bob Schor

[TakeANap]

I use git to keep track of the project. I can clone the project but if I do that, I get all the files in the folder, used and non-used files. Perhaps I can in some way use git to sort out which files are in use or not.

edit: I right clicked the project name in the Project Explorer.  There was a choice "Find Items with no Callers". I could export the file list and import it into Excel where I could sort the list and get important information.  Perhaps that is a way forward.

[crossrulz · Accepted solution]

You might want to take this opportunity to do some refactoring of your project.  Break up the code into libraries.  You may even go so far as to create a new project in order to build the common libraries into Packed Project Libraries.  Each of your client projects should be in their own project and repository.  I actually copy the PPLs required for the application into the project folder/repository so I can lock down which version of the PPLs I used.

[wiebe@CARYA]

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@TakeANap wrote:

 This means that the folder growing in a way I don't like. Some times I can see VI:s that are used but aren't in the project (lvproj). How come? Some times they are created in lvproj and sometimes not. 

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The 'extra' VIs should be in project dependencies, that you can show by right clicking the root, and then View>Dependencies.

On each dependencies you can right click and select Why is this in dependencies or find callers. 

[TakeANap]

Ok. I understand how you thinking and how I should handle a project. I have never need to deal with this kind of projects before. Just small applications that contains 1-20 files.

I need to identify the main parts of the application and make a template of it - I think.

[TakeANap]

I will look into PPA:s. It is time for that now. I can not continue as I do now.

I have read the headline about PPA but have thought it was too much for me at the time to read and use.

[wiebe@CARYA]

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@TakeANap wrote:

I will look into PPA:s. It is time for that now. I can not continue as I do now.

I have read the headline about PPA but have thought it was too much for me at the time to read and use.

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PPAs? If your search doesn't give the right hits, search for PPL instead.

[TakeANap]

Of course PPL. I had Linux-stuff in my head. 🙂