replace button dialog

[jspaarg]

I am trying to use the Find feature to locate all one button and two button dialog boxes in my VI so that I can replace them with my own message VIs.

This is a large application with many sub VIs as well.

I am having no luck finding them programatically and have to search manually.

Does anyone know of a way to find them?

Thanks

[falkpl]

Use the find vi.  Hit control F and then select the one button dialog under functions.  If you make your replacement vi with the same connection pane it will be a simple exchange.

Paul

[Karissa]

Here's a VI that will do it programatically using scripting.

Make sure you back up your project before running it though.

[jspaarg]

Thanks falkpl,
That seemed like it should work, but the NI core one-button dialog does not appear in the availablie VIs using the find function.

Thanks karissa, but I am using 7.1 and don't have a project.

I might try the script though.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks

[jspaarg]

The odd thing about this is that it is searching for a label titled one button dialog.
If I search for the text "One", some of the one button dialogs appear in the results box, but others do not.
I can only assume that the search would yield the same issue.

Thanks anyway.

[Dennis_Knutson]

The find works for me with 7.1.

Message Edited by Dennis Knutson on 07-08-2008 07:51 AM

[jspaarg]

Thanks Dennis, I was foolishly looking under VIs and not functions (I guess that I qualify for the "Duh" award).

[Dennis_Knutson]

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jspaarg wrote:
Thanks Dennis, I was foolishly looking under VIs and not functions (I guess that I qualify for the "Duh" award).

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Probably, since Paul mentioned to use 'functions', but we all have those 'Duh' moments. I had a couple already before my first cup of coffee this morning.

[falkpl]

Another trick when yuou cant find the vi is to place one down on your diagram and highlite it (click on it) then hit control+f this will bring up the find dialog with the function already selected.  The find tool is a great tool but is not used enough by many programmers.  The find text is graet for commenting code that has to be fixed or altered.  I will put a label "<Todo> fit this code ...more here..."  on my diagram then I can search for the <Todo> text and find all places in a project that I have not finished.  

Paul