Benchmark QuickDrop-Shortcut

[JGoebel]

Overview

Turn this:

into This:

With a keystroke.

Description

The VI will add a QuickDrop-shortcut to your LabVIEW and will enable you to select an area on the Blockdiagram, press Ctrl+Space - Ctrl+M to surround it with a benchmarking-structure.

It will also enable you to add benchmarking to selected loops like this:

Ctlr+Space  -  Ctrl+Shift+M

The VI is created using VI scripting, but scripting must not be enabled to use the VI as a Shortcut.

Once you copied the VI to the QD-plugins-folder ([LabVIEW]\resource\dialog\QuickDrop\plugins) you can run it via Ctrl+M (benchmark selected area), or via Ctrl+Shift+M (benchmark loop).

Both shortcuts of course work with more complex code than shown above.

The VI is full of comments and ready to be edited. It is also a good example for using scripting to create and wire Blockdiagram objects.

Steps to Implement or Execute Code

1. Copy VI to this folder: [Programs]\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2014\resource\dialog\QuickDrop\plugins
2. (Optional) Edit the VI-Documentation to assign different key (Standart: M)
   
3. When opening Quick Drop by Ctrl+Space and choose "Configure", you will find a new Shortcut in your QD-Shortcut-list ready to be used
   

Requirements

LabVIEW 2014 or later