Add duplicate module menu

[Olivier-JOURDAN]

I'd like to have a way to duplicate a module easily through DQMH module menu.

[Olivier-JOURDAN]

Workaround:  Use a Create Template function and save it in your Project folder instead of the Templates (LabVIEW Data) folder.

[mbaudot]

I would like to reopen this idea as I recently experienced this need many times.

The workaround of creating a Module Template is not acceptable when you need to duplicate your module only once.

In DTS, for example, you might want to create a new test that is very similar to an existing test. Therefore, it's a lot easier to duplicate the existing test (DQMH Module) and modify it as needed. But it's not worth creating a Template of that module because you'll probably never reuse it.

The idea is to not start a DQMH Module from scratch, but it's not a real Template that is needed in this case.

If using the Create Module Scripting Tools and saving to another folder than the LabVIEW Data folder is all that is needed, I believe we should have a new Duplicate Module Scripting Tool UI that wraps the Create Module Scripting Tools code. This way, we make it clear to the user how to proceed and it should be relatively low-effort to implement.

[Enrique.Noe]

I second this proposal

I have encountered a situation where there is the need to recycle an existing DQMH module becaues it is the perfect starting point for a new module. So having this feature will improve the current workaround

- create a template

- use that template

- delete that template

or

- manually copy that module

- use a new project to rename the copied module using the Rename module DQMH tool.

May I suggest this tool look like a DQMH dialog that offers the following fields:

• List Existing Modules in the project
• Specify New Module Name
• Choose Copy Module Destination Path

[Olivier-JOURDAN]

Will be developed in DQMH 7.1