reentrant VI indicator

[GregFreeman]

I searched reentrant in this idea exchange and didn't see anything on it so here goes. I would like some sort of indicator showing that a VI is reentrant. Right now, as far as I know, you have to go into the properties and check. It would be nice if there could be either something on the icon, or a small label that would show if the VI was reentrant. Or maybe a slight "halo" around the VI, something to that effect. Any other ideas on how to do this are welcome.

Message Edited by for(imstuck) on 02-24-2010 10:00 AM

[fabric]

John, you could probably do with this "view enhancement" idea of mine: http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Project-View-Enhancement-Show-more-VI-Properties/idi-p...

FWIW I think this is a real shortfall of the IDE, especially with the huge proliferation of reentrant VIs in the last few years...

[Mads]

Having a way to turn on & off an indication of reentrancy, a bit like how we can view buffer allocations, would be nice.

Then we can easily get an overview of the situation on a block diagram and figure out if everything is as expected. Highlight the frame/draw a frame around it, put an R above the icon as suggested here e.g.

PS. Putting this information manually or automatically permanently in the icon (as suggested various places here) is less desirable for two reasons;

1) It should always reflect the *actual* setting, not what it was when someone updated the icon (making it possible to detect that someone has turned off or on reentrancy, or if I have done so myself for test purposes but then forgotten to change it e.g.) and

2) the icons would easily get cluttered.