creating bookmarks in LabVIEW

[bmihura]

Is there a way to create a bookmark in LabVIEW?

I have a kludge thats a dummy VI named Bookmark.vi. I've written a script so that I can push my F1 key, and the script sends keystrokes to use LabVIEW's "Find" ability to zoom right to wherever I place Bookmark.vi.

Is there a more natural bookmarking ability built into LabVIEW, or a better way to do this?

[Brian_K.]

Hi Bmihura,

I could not find a bookmark feature, but it seems like a good suggestion.  I would think that the project explorer would reduce the need for this feature, but I could see it may be nescessary if you have a lot of VIs that have similar names or many folders.  Could you post your bookmark code so others can use it (sounds interesting)?

[bmihura]

This works in Windows only. I wrote this using AutoIt, some Windows scripting freeware you can Google. Here's a rather alpha version with the following limitations and instructions:

* Create a keyboard shortcut to the attached executable file (or .au3 file if you have AutoIt on your computer). The only way I know how to do this is to create a shortcut to the file on your desktop, then at some hotkeys through the shortcut's Properties window.

* This version requires that a LabVIEW front panel or block diagram is the active Window, and that the windows title is the same as the name of the VI. These restrictions could be removed with some editing of that .au3 file, which I may do at some point.

* After you hit the hot key, don't move your mouse until the bookmark is found. I'm not sure if this is fixable.

* The attached file "Bookmark.vi" should go in LabVIEW's user.lib folder. Reboot LabVIEW so it shows up in LabVIEW's "User Controls" menu. There is nothing special about "Bookmark.vi" except its bookmark-looking icon. It does nothing.

* The work "Get" is spelled "Git" in the title so my Arkansas coworker could understand it.

Bruce