Edit LabVIEW Table in a separate Excel-like Editor

[ReneW]

I suggest that NI should spend a separate Excel-like editor to edit the Tables in LabVIEW.

There are many proposals how to improve the LabVIEW-Table and its editing.

I recommend to stop thinking about improvements and add a separate Excel-like Editor instead.

This Editor could be used to enter, manipulate copy and paste table data. Perhaps more functions like loading data from a file could be added and integrated.

It should be accessible in the editing and running mode.

It should be possible to use it for controls and for constants.

It should be accessible by selecting a corresponding entry in the pull-up context menu (right mouse click).

I hope that this is not another duplicate to this table editing problem

[GriffinRU]

This should be a good start:

-Artur

[ReneW]

Dear Ray.R,

It is like donkdonk assumed: I just want to be able to edit arrays as easy as a spreadsheet.

I don't like to use workarounds for my every day work. Example:

I did things like writing a VI that loads data from a file into an Array (Table). Then I changed the table into a constant (array). Then I put the constant array into my application. This could be done once ore twice but not more.

[Ray.R]

Why do you need to do so many conversions?  It may not be necessary to do so.

Can you create a thread in the LabVIEW forum and post an example code?  Then post the link to that thread in this discussion..  I would be curious to see why you are doing so many conversions.  I'm sure there are easier ways to do what you describeusing the existing tools.

[GriffinRU]

“Why do you need to do so many conversions?  It may not be necessary to do so.”

To make it platform universal and to help new LabVIEW users with data entry 🙂

And last snippet was hopefully supported on other platforms for spreadsheet-type copy-paste actions, In Windows OS you can do a lot more and distinguish between formats (numerical, text, graphics…), i.e. a little bit more than LabVIEW method allows you.

As far examples, I publish them as time allows.

-Artur