Vision Idea Exchange

Need the ability to operate using local inspection variables quickly without the slow process of checking the value over the network each time; but the varaibles would be updated as needed from / to the remote location.    Dan R

In the VBAI Dev environment, we currently have the ability to enable/disable overlays using the "setup overlay" button.  This request is to provide access to access the overlay enables programmatically.  The use case is for when operators are required to show/hide specific overlays.  When many overlays are involved, the overhead for programming these using the state diagrams becomes overwhelming.   Below is an example for only 6 overlays.  You can see how 30+ overlay groups would be a nightmare.  There is also a overhead performance hit.

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One power of the custom VI in Vision Builder is to be able to distribute code but sometimes the custom VI is just to execute special LabVIEW code for capability that isn't native in Vision Builder.  In the later case, it would be very helpful to enable the .VBAI inspection to include the custom VI ( .vi or .llb ) so that the code travels automatically when saving, copying, and sharing the .VBAI file.  There is already a check box to set the path to be "relative" but it would be ideal to have an option to In Line the custom VI directly into the .VBAI inspection so there is no chance to lose / break the code when sharing the .VBAI file.

Instead of a only check box for "relative path" include a second check box which says "embed into .VBAI inspection".  This would not be available in Start Up, Select Produt, or Clean Up parts of the state diagrams, only available in the Inspection State since that is the only state that loads from the .VBAI file.  Checking this box would copy the code into the .VBAI container and the sytem would know that's where to extract the code from.

The "embed" check box would be grayed out unless you first check the "use relative path".

Caution would be needed if copying a Custom VI step from the Inspection state diagram to the startup, select, or clean up states.

Optionally, an "open" option would also be great when you open a Custom VI step that someone else saved.  This way when editing the .VBAI inspection, someone could open the .vi or .llb which was embedded into the .VBAI file.

Perhaps speed would be a concern if trying to run directly out of the .VBAI container?

There is a bug started after VBAI 2020. When user insert measurement on custom overlay text, it does not show up until you go to next line, put a space etc.

Furthermore, when you try to delete a previous measurement that you have inserted in one of your old inspection files, it does not allow you to delete only one measurement. Sometimes you have to delete all the measurements previously inserted.