Hello everybody.I would like to use the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl+Shift+E" (this vi in project) in LabVIEW 8.6.Is there any way?

Doing this is actually a bit complicated. The menu function doesn't exist in LV 8.6, so you can't call it directly and would have to do this using scripting, which isn't directly accessible in 8.6 without an INI key. The next complication is that you can put your custom VIs in the menu by putting it in some special folders and you can assign it a shortcut, but that shortcut will not be saved when you exit LV. It's possible to run a montioring VI in a private context when LV loads and have that monitor the key combination, but then it might be a bit tricky to figure out what the active VI and project are. Attached is one way to achieve this: Take the attached file and place it in <LabVIEW>\project. Note that there's probably already another version of the file there, so you might want to back that up first. Open the settings dialog and go the Menu Shortcuts page. Find the Tools menu in the tree and the first option is probably MAX (Measurement & Automation Explorer). Select it. In the bottom there's a field for the shortcut. Click in it and then click Ctrl+Shift+E and then the Set button. The shortcut should now launch your VI. This LLB includes a VI which launches MAX and because it's a standard item with a tag in the menu, you can assign it a permanent keyboard shortcut (a trick I learned from Darren). The replacement VI implements the highlighting function and works like this: The biggest downside with this approach is that in the menu you still see MAX, but since you want to use the shortcut, that doesn't matter. If you do want to also see it in the menu, you can extract the VI from the LLB and save it in <LabVIEW>\wizard (you might need to create the folder). After a LabVIEW restart the VI should appear as an item in the File menu (I don't think there's a way to add it to the View menu).

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I want to use "Ctrl+Shift+E" (this vi in project) in LabVIEW8.6

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Hi GerdW
Thanks for the advice.
I am currently in the process of converting LabVIEW 7 traditional DAQ to DAQmx in LabVIEW 8.6 and porting it to LabVIEW 2021.

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