Make Bookmark Manager output savable, copyable, printable & exportable

[NI-hilator]

Labview 2013 has a great new documentation feature called Bookmark Manager.  It even has a nice feature that lets you click on the listed bookmark and takes you to that point in the code. However, I was surprised that I could not print or otherwise "export" the list.  It would be nice if the Bookmark Manager output list savable, copyable and printable or perhaps even exportable in text, spreadsheet or other format.  This would allow the information to be merged with external project management schedules, ToDo List etc.  Thanks for any comments and/or Kudos!!

[David_L]

The good news is that the Bookmark Manager code and API is completely open and customizable.  If you wanted this in the short term, it's probably a pretty easy development effort to add it to the current Bookmark manager.  

Code is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2013\resource\dialog\BookmarkManager\managers\.  Simply duplicate the "Default" project to a new folder, give it a new name, and then modify the code.  Bonus hint, make sure that you watch for cross-linking issues when copying this directory.  

[NI-hilator]

Thanks! After you mentioned this, I discovered it was as trivial as exporting data for some of the other controls but could be done with a little coding.

[1984]

Its great to know that the API is open, and yes it easy to change it. I still see a value in the original idea though, so people get this function out of the box instead of create a custom code.

[danny7791]

NI-hilator 

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wrote:

Thanks! After you mentioned this, I discovered it was as trivial as exporting data for some of the other controls but could be done with a little coding.

Have you uploaded a VI solution? Also which controls are you reffering to when exporting the data. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[NI-hilator]

Priorities shifted and I never got around to writing anything. There's lots of goods stuff is you just search for "bookmark api". Here's a start.

https://forums.ni.com/t5/Developer-Center-Resources/Creating-a-Custom-Bookmark-Manager-for-LabVIEW/t...

[Darren]

Available in LabVIEW 2019 and later. There is now an 'Export' button in the Bookmark Manager.