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Chris_in_Colorado

Clean Box to surround code to force cleanup to keep togeather

Status: Declined
Already implemented in LabVIEW. Available in LabVIEW 2010.

Problem: Sometimes, we really need to keep pieces of code together during cleanup.

 

Current Solution: You can force LV to do this by putting a "sequence" around it. 

 

Bad Effect: Those are ugly, distracting, and suggest complexity when there isn't.

 

SOLUTION: We need a nice clean light grey box that does nothing that we can wrap around code snippets.

 

 

MINOR CHANGE, HUGE DIFFERENCE.

 

4 Comments
G-Money
NI Employee (retired)

As of LabVIEW 2010 you can do partial cleanup block diagram and also exclude structures from cleanup.

G-Money
NI Employee (retired)
Status changed to: Completed
Available in NI LabVIEW 2010
peos
Member

I highly disagree that this is "Completed". Cleanup is a nice function, but sometimes it makes the BD less readable. Example: Constants needed for a function at the bottom of the BD might be placed at the top, with at long connection line across the hole screen. Therefore, I often have to put a sequence around code for no other reason than readability. This is not a good solution, it might make a less efficient code. BUT IT IS THE ONLY SOLUTION! I don't want to edit BD manually after each cleanup.

 

Please, give us a tool to keep some code together after cleanup. What I want is a box that works like the sequence tool during cleanup, but don't interfere with compilation.

G-Money
NI Employee (retired)
Status changed to: Declined
Already implemented in LabVIEW. Available in LabVIEW 2010.