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m3rl3n

Close a VI without deferring or saving

Status: Duplicate

There are times when I will open a VI, make tweaks to it to test an idea. In some (most?) cases those ideas do not pan out so I just want to close the VI without saving it. However, the only choices I get are to defer or save it. If I defer it then when I close the whole project, where there may be some 80 vis that need to be updated, I have to step through manually to ensure that I don't accidentally save the changes to the VI that I don't want.  A lot of times, I end up saving all and then I have to debug and remember the changes that I made to the VI to get it back to its original configuration.

 

My suggestion: When asking the programmer if they want to defer or save the VI, have an option to just close the VI without saving. Then upon closing the project, have a second pop-up that states that "These are VIs that were closed without saving you may:

"Close all without saving"

"Save All"

"Save specific VI(s)"

 

Thanks for listening,

Dan

 

3 Comments
elset191
Active Participant

Near duplicate of Do Not Save

 

In the meantime File>Revert is very useful to me.

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Tim Elsey
Certified LabVIEW Architect
AristosQueue (NI)
NI Employee (retired)

And the Do Not Save idea explains the history of this dialog and why what you request is unlikely to happen. Please put any further commentary into that thread.

MaryH
Member
Status changed to: Duplicate