Can I get LabWindows/CVI to use my own hi-powered source editor instead of the plain CVI one?

[alf]

The integration will need to include the "Build Errors" dialog box (source lines, column position, etc).

[Chris Matthews]

No, there isn't a way to replace the CVI source editor with another 3rd party editor and get it to integrate with the build dialogs in CVI.

Best Regards,

Chris Matthews
National Instruments

[Pat Garret]

Is there a way to suppress the popup window in the CVI IDE that prompts you,
"File xxx has been modified since it was last loaded. Update Window from disk?"
after you've edited a file that CVI has open with a separate editor? If so,
this would allow using an editor like Codewright to edit the source while
using CVI IDE to compile/build simply by pressing Alt-tab to instantly switch
between them. Codewright lets you tell it to automatically save modified files
whenever you switch context so this works well except for having to respond to
the CVI IDE's "reload confirmation" popup every time you switch between them.


"Chris Matthews" wrote in message
news:506500000005000000F7770000-1019262487000@exchange.ni.com...
> No, there isn't a way to replace
the CVI source editor with another
> 3rd party editor and get it to integrate with the build dialogs in
> CVI.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Chris Matthews
> National Instruments

[Chris Matthews]

No, there wouldn't be a clean way we could get around this. Even if we DID surpress the dialog, we would need to reload the file from disk in order to compile with the changes from the other editor. We would never want to reload the file from disk without prompting the user. If you don't have the source window open in CVI with the file in it, you shouldn't get that dialog.

Chris