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Alfa69

Right-click function "Find all Instances" for every Sub-VI analog to "Find Callers" in Projects

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For LabVIEW-projects I wish a right-click function "Find all Instances" for every Sub-VI analog to "Find Callers".

Argumentation:

In large LabVIEW-Projects with a lot of Sub-VIs it is sometimes difficult to find out where exactly a special Sub-VI is used (instances) in the Main-VI or other Sub-VIs.

Especially if the Main-VI is very large (e.g. many states in a state machine, or many cases with covered code) it is very time-consuming to find one instance of this sub-VI.

If you find out the first instance manually you can find by right-click "Find all Instances" the remaining use of this Sub-VI.

 

But more important is this topic for the use of Class-Programming in LabVIEW. It is not enough to "Find Callers". It is often necessary to "Find all Instances of this Class" used in other VIs of a project. Up to now it is nearly impossible to find all instances of a class (including all methods) manually.

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AristosQueue (NI)
NI Employee (retired)

Right click on the VI's icon on the front panel and choose "Find All Instances". Is that what you're looking for?

Alfa69
Member

No, I need this Right Click at the Project Explorer and especially urgent for LabVIEW-classes... as discribed in the text. This function is needed for very large projects with many hidden code in state machines and so on.

 

 

Darren
Proven Zealot
Status changed to: Declined

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