Is it possible to write VIs format from outside Labview ?

[nferry]

Hello,

so, is the VI format is know and public, that it can be written by an(/my) external tool ?

Nicolas

[TiTou]

No. The VI file are only editable with LabVIEW.

[CoastalMaineBird]

No, the format is private, and the tech support folks sing praises every day for this, no doubt.

It has changed between versions no doubt ("This VI has a newer version than LabVIEW") and will change again.

You can make a tool that will script LabVIEW to create a VI, though.

[Ray.R]

Steve described it well.

Writing LV code outside LabVIEW would be an enourmous challenge, if at all possible.

You can use LabVIEW to generate LabVIEW code, but that would not be an external tool..

so the easy answer is no.

[nferry]

OK it's impossible wihtout LV.

Thanks

[smercurio_fc]

Out of curiosity, what are you trying to accomplish?

[nferry]

I think it will be interesting to write a processor that interpret G Code.

Nicolas

[smercurio_fc]

For what purpose? Are you trying to make a LabVIEW alternative? I'm confused as to what you're trying to accomplish.

[nferry]

In fact, I think LabView language adresses the massively parallel CPU programmation problem (for CPU with many cores).

And thus can be used to compile for low-level code (like the LV G-Code to FPGA Module for example)

Your position ?

[CoastalMaineBird]

I think it will be interesting to write a processor that interpret G Code.

"Interesting" it will certainly be.