[New Feature] Generate VI Comparison Reports with the LabVIEW Command Line Interface

[Christina_R]

LabVIEW 2025 Q3 adds a new command to the LabVIEW Command Line Interface for generating VI Comparison reports.

Example:

LabVIEWCLI -OperationName CreateComparisonReport -vi1 "firstVINameOrPath" -vi2 "secondVINameOrPath" -reportType htmlSingleFile -reportPath "reportNameorPath.html" 

The supported report types are case insensitive:

• HTML – produces an HTML format report with external images and style file
• HTMLSingleFile – produces an HTML form report with embedded images and style definition
• MicrosoftWord – produces a report in Microsoft Word format (requires Microsoft Word to be installed)
• PlainText – produces a report in plain text
• XML – produces a report in XML format with external images

The command supports optional arguments: 

• -o – overwrites existing report and supporting files if they exist
• -c – creates the directory for report path if it does not exist
• -nofp –  excludes front panel differences
• -nofppos  – excludes front panel position differences
• -nobd –  excludes block diagram differences
• -nobdcosm  – excludes block diagram cosmetic differences
• -noattr – excludes VI attribute differences

If VIs or the report file are specified by name or relative path, LabVIEW uses the directory from which the LabVIEWCLI was launched to resolve the path.

[DanyAllard]

That a must to have for CI/CD and for Github PR to provide report to reviewer 

Thank you for providing that feature!!! 🙂👍