LabVIEW configuration file/Miscellaneous

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This is a list of Miscellaneous LabVIEW ini File settings.

Contents 1 BldApp.RemovePolyVIsandTypedefs 2 coerceFromVariant 3 cleanupVisa 4 defaultConPane 5 dropThroughClicks 6 ExternalNodesEnabled 7 ExternalNodeDebugging 8 hotMenus 9 MaxHelpDescLength 10 MRUFolders 11 openInRun 12 readOnlyLock 13 showBDConstName 14 showNoNavDialog 15 ShowTipStrings 16 skipNavigatorDialog 17 SuperPrivateSpecialStuff 18 suppressFileDlgForMissingVIs 19 useNativeFileDialog 20 userVIsAppearFirst 21 XNodeWizardMode 22 MaxGSWRecentProjects

BldApp.RemovePolyVIsandTypedefs

Example: BldApp.RemovePolyVIsandTypedefs=FALSE
Description: Setting this to FALSE stops the LabVIEW Application Builder from aggressively removing polymorphic VIs and typedefs that it thinks are not required
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: TRUE
LabVIEW Versions: 7.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: By default, the LabVIEW 7.x Application Builder does not include type definitions and unused instances of polymorphic VIs into executable in order to decrease size of application. This setting can be changed in the LabVIEW 7.1 applciation Builder in the Application Settings page. If a VI in your build calls an external VI that uses a type definition in order to pass parameters, and the AppBuilder is unaware of this external VI, it will end in tears. Also there is one other issue which makes this setting very important. In LabVIEW 7.x, by disconnecting typedefs from controls they did loose their default data and return to LabVIEWs default default data. This could be a major problem if you used strict typedefed clusters on front panels to provide certain default data when unwired and those default data did not match LabVIEWs default default data. This has been mostly fixed in newer LabVIEW versions from 8.0 on.

coerceFromVariant

Example: coerceFromVariant=TRUE
Description: Force variants to automatically coerce to any data type that they are connected to
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 7.x, 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: Tread carefully, as using this function removes coercion notification, and does not use error handling

cleanupVisa

Example: cleanupVisa=TRUE
Description: Automatically close VISA sessions - do not require the use of the VISA Close VI
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: None

defaultConPane

Example: defaultConPane=4833
Description: Sets the default Connector pane layout for new VIs
Datatype: I32
Permitted Values:
Default Value: (4815)
LabVIEW Versions: 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: Source: NI Knowledge Base ( http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/279F064F0688C114862570900057678C )

dropThroughClicks

Example: dropThroughClicks=FALSE
Description: Allow drop-through clicks
Datatype: Integer
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: TRUE
LabVIEW Versions: 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: None

ExternalNodesEnabled

Example: ExternalNodesEnabled=FALSE
Description: Enables use of External Nodes
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: 6.x?, 7.x: TRUE 8.x: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 6.x?, 7.x, 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: None

ExternalNodeDebugging

Example: ExternalNodeDebugging=FALSE
Description: Shows External Nodes for what they are: sequence diagrams
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 7.x, 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: None

hotMenus

Example: hotMenus=FALSE
Description: Use hot menus
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: TRUE
LabVIEW Versions: 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: None

MaxHelpDescLength

Example: MaxHelpDescLength=8000
Description: Maximum number of characters that will be displayed before truncation in the Context Help
Datatype: Integer
Permitted Values:
Default Value: 8000
LabVIEW Versions: 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: If set to a non-positive number, then there will be no max. If set to 50 or less, then 50 will be the max

MRUFolders

Example: MRUFolders=TRUE
Description: MRUFolders:Most recently used folders. Every time you select a file in a file dialog in LabVIEW, that location (folder) becomes the new top item in the location area (left side of the dialog) of the Windows file dialog.
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE, FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 8.2,
OS's Supported:
Notes:

openInRun

Example: openInRun=TRUE
Description: When opening VIs in the development environment, open them in run mode
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x
OS's Supported:
Notes: None

readOnlyLock

Example: readOnlyLock=TRUE
Description: Treat read-only VIs as locked
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: It is important to set this to TRUE when using source code control outside of the LabVIEW environment, so LabVIEW will not allow a VI that is not checked out to the user to be edited

showBDConstName

Example: showBDConstName=TRUE
Description: Show auto-constant labels
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: None

showNoNavDialog

Example: showNoNavDialog=TRUE
Description: Prevents the "Getting Started Window" dialog from appearing
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: Source: NI Knowledge Base ( http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/841B934909D863C886256F62006AC243?OpenDocument )

ShowTipStrings

Example: ShowTipStrings=FALSE
Description: Display Tip Strips during execution
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: TRUE
LabVIEW Versions: 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: None

skipNavigatorDialog

Example: skipNavigatorDialog=TRUE
Description: Skip the navigation dialog on development environment launch
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: None

SuperPrivateSpecialStuff

Example: SuperPrivateSpecialStuff=TRUE
Description: Exposes private properties, method and events in the IDE
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: Not supported by NI, this is not a scripting method.

suppressFileDlgForMissingVIs

Example: suppressFileDlgForMissingVIs=TRUE
Description: Suppresses the file dialog for when loading a VI that has missing SubVIs
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: None

useNativeFileDialog

Example: useNativeFileDialog=FALSE
Description: Use the OS native file dialogs
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: TRUE
LabVIEW Versions: 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: None

userVIsAppearFirst

Example: userVIsAppearFirst=TRUE
Description: Makes the user VIs appear first in the tool menu
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 6.x, 7.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: Unfortunately this option no longer works in LabVIEW versions 8+.

XNodeWizardMode

Example: XNodeWizardMode=TRUE
Description: Allows contextual menus on XNodes to facilitate debugging
Datatype: Boolean
Permitted Values: TRUE or FALSE
Default Value: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions: 8.x,
OS's Supported:
Notes: None

MaxGSWRecentProjects

Example: MaxGSWRecentProjects=10
Description: Allows more projects to be added to the Getting Started Window
Datatype: Integer
Permitted Values: 1 to 10
Default Value: 2
LabVIEW Versions: 2009,
OS's Supported:
Notes: None