Ability to have 2 way exchange of code between LabVIEW and XML

[Ricky_V.]

A customer who I spoke with would like to see LabVIEW be able to create a VI and have this VI be converted directly to XML format. While in XML format one could edit the code and then convert it back into a VI. (Does not necessarily have to be XML, could be any language)

Having such functionality would allow non-LabVIEW users to manipulate code in their preferred fashion and then have a VI come out in response to this.

[altenbach]

I don't see how this is supposed to work. The power of LabVIEW is the direct graphical, non-verbal code representation and it cannot easily be converted into text. Trying to represent a highly parallel LabVIEW diagram in XML (or any other linear string of characters and delimiters) would complicate it way beyond easy editing by anyone.

Similarly, it would be difficult to  fully describe the Mona Lisa in XML. 😄

Here and here is some interesting reading.

[Darren]

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