I just finished my project and verified everything is working only realize there's a typo in the class name. Since the project involves both a real-time and GUI programs, its split into two separate projects. How do I rename the file class and get both projects to accept it? When it can't find the file, it will not accept a different name for some reason when you try to browse. I'll need a good method for future tasks too as all our projects reference a common folder for tools and classes. If we had to rename one of those, would there be anyway to convince 5+ projects to accept a new file name for the class its referencing? Sorry if this topic already is solved but the generic wording proved too much for my googlefu. Thanks,

Hi Furbs, Here is a script that automates Kyle's Option 1. Open "Script Rename Class.lvproj", open VI "Script Rename Class.vi", enter the root folder containing all your projects, the current path of your class and the new path of your class. I have tested with 2 projects that each share a common VI that depends on the class, everything seems fine so far. I have not tested for a big project, so that may take some time to execute since all VI references in the project must be opened and saved during the renaming to force them to update their dependency. Regards, Raphaël.

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Renaming Classes Used in Multiple Projects

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I struggled to use the tool appropriately I think. Part of that was difficultly rolling back entirely with SVN. It's been a month since I worked on it so my memory is already fuzzy, but I didn't want to leave you hanging.

My setup is this:

I have two projects, one for a GUI, and one for Real-Time. The added complication is that the Real-Time has two targets that use the same base library. Because of this, LabView locks any classes that are used in both (so almost all of them). Locking means you can change the VIs contents but cannot add VIs nor can you rename them. I have one class that is an ethernet Driver to talk to a device and another class (call it Thread) that is a child to a main server class. The Thread contains an instance of the Driver as it gets information from the Driver and translates it to be put in the tag database. The error about flattened data might be because the Real-Time project cannot change the Thread's data types, such as the Driver, since the Thread is locked due to being "multiple times in memory".

I haven't looked at your code details, but the only way to fix this kind of thing is to edit the class without a project being open, but then how would you find where it is being used. If the multiple targets is the issue, it might not worth making a workaround since most people probably aren't like me and would have a project per target. I like having multiple targets because then when I fix a bug in one, I can quickly update the other to match. But I'm new to real-time like this so maybe this isn't SOP for others.