cross linked files

[Rashid-Malik]

What is the solution(s) to preventing files from getting cross linked for projects that use same files?

[smercurio_fc]

If they use the same files don't you want them to be cross-linked in the first place? Or, (more likely) do you have copies of the files for each project, and you want to make sure each project only uses the file that are within the project's folders?

You should use projects and project libraries. From the LabVIEW Help:

Use project libraries to qualify the names of VIs and other
LabVIEW files. LabVIEW identifies VIs by filename, so LabVIEW unintentionally
might load and reference a VI because the VI has the same filename as another
VI, a problem known as cross-linking. When a VI is part of a project library,
LabVIEW qualifies the VI name with the project library name to avoid
cross-linking. A qualified filename includes the filename and the owning project
library filename.

Message Edited by smercurio_fc on 09-01-2008 02:39 PM

[Rashid-Malik]

Thanks smercurio…! The second scenario applies to my query.

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smercurio_fc wrote:

Or, (more likely) do you have copies of the files for each project, and you want to make sure each project only uses the file that are within the project's folders?

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Thanks for the solution. Now the only problem left is to somehow convince my organization to implement it (which I doubt if they would agree to it).

Have a very pleasant day.