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[New Feature] Context Help Notes Section for Call Library Function Node

LabVIEW 2025 Q3 adds a Notes section to the Context Help for Call Library Function Nodes. This section includes:

  • Function prototype
  • Library name or path

Christina Rogers
Principal Product Owner, LabVIEW R&D
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I like this feature very much. It is a lot faster than opening the configuration dialog. Here are a few suggestions for improvement:

 

1) Start the function prototype and library path on a new line and add an empty line in between. This will make it so much easier to read.

 

Current

- Function prototype: intptr_t libssh2_channel_read_ex(uintptr_t channel, int32_t stream_id, uint8_t *buf, uintptr_t buflen)

- Library name or path: C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2025\vi.lib\PNR\lvssh2\libssh2\libssh2**.*

 

Suggestion

- Function prototype:

intptr_t libssh2_channel_read_ex(uintptr_t channel, int32_t stream_id, uint8_t *buf, uintptr_t buflen);

 

- Library name or path:

C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2025\vi.lib\PNR\lvssh2\libssh2\libssh2**.*


2) Wrap the argument list of the function prototype. Due to the standard size of the Context Help window, function prototypes are harder to read due to unfortunate wrapping. By wrapping the argument list, this becomes so much easier to read.

 

Suggestion

- Function prototype:

intptr_t libssh2_channel_read_ex(

  uintptr_t channel,

  int32_t stream_id,

  uint8_t *buf,

  uintptr_t buflen);


3) When Specify path on diagram is enabled, it should be noted in the context help. That way it is not implied and gives the same amount of information regardless of the configuration of the node, which is especially useful when scanning between several nodes.

 

Suggestion

- Library name or path:

Specified on block diagram

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Thanks for the feedback! Since we're now in 2025 Q3, we're no longer making feature changes for LabVIEW 2025 Q3, but R&D will consider these suggestions for a future release.


Christina Rogers
Principal Product Owner, LabVIEW R&D
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