Archives by Tag 'VI'
How to Run Several Instances of a VI at the Same Time in LabVIEW
Sometimes, it needs to run several instances of a VI at the same time in our LabVIEW projects, like open pop-up dialog boxes. How can we realize it? In fact, it is quiet simple. We just set the pop-up dialog box VI to be reentrant. In the dialog box VI’s menu, select File>>VI Properties. Then, [...]
How to Run a .msi file in a LabVIEW Application Installation
There is no support of the running of .msi files in the options in the installation of a LabVIEW application. But we can file other ways to do it. Because installation only support *.exe or *.bat file to run after in LabVIEW application’s installation, so we can work around it with one of following methods: [...]
Three Ways to Find SubVI in a LabVIEW Project
If we change a subVI’s connector after used it a lot in a huge LabVIEW project, it’ll be a nightmare to open every VI in this project one by one and find the subVI in the diagram by hand. In fact, there are ways to find this subVI easily as following. First, use menu View [...]
A Few Tips on VI Design in LabVIEW
LabVIEW VIs are very similar to functions or subroutines in C programming language. It can be called inside of other VIs, once it was created. Here are a few tips on the design of VIs: 1. You should assign the inputs on the left terminals of the connector and the outputs to the right side, [...]
A Note about the Current VI’s Path Constant in LabVIEW
The current VI’s path constant in LabVIEW is often used to make the path of files which are in the same or relative folder of the VI application in our developments. If we use this constant in the development environment, everything is fine, and it works. But, if we build the VI into an executable, [...]