Is there a way to beautify the code automatically?

[Rashid-Malik]

Are there any utilities/toolkits or anything else that may automatically beautify the code (remove (or at least lessen the number of bends) bends in wires, increase the visual appeal of the code, space-out the code symmetrically, etc,  you know the cosmetics)?

Thanks for your time!
Have a pleasant summer!

[GerdW]

Hi rashid,

at the moment I don't know any tool for this - just right-click the wire and "Clean-up...".

But I have seen a demonstration by NI (at a LabView day) where they presented a tool just for the purpose of cleaning up vis - it was an early beta version, but seems to work fine. Maybe in one of the next LV versions?

[Mathan]

Hai,

Actually LabVIEW wiring tool will care of automatic bend of wires.

If you want to bend wiring by yourself manually you should press ctrl+A and after your wiring you press ctrl+A again to go back to the default automatic wiring mode.

Thanks,

Mathan

[GerdW]

Hi mathan,

in my LV8+ ctrl-A selects everything in the block diagram. How does it help bending wires?

[Mathan]

Hai GerdW,

Sorry for not explaining in detail. Actually when wiring mode was in automatic mode and when u point near a control or constant, click to start wiring and then press ctrl+A so that it will remove automatic routing of wires.

Thanks,

Mathan

[JB]

NI is working on such a tool. I saw a demo two months ago at the NI-DAYS in Switzerland.

Meanwhile, you might be interested in this tool that will clean up all the wires of a VI. It uses unsupported scripting and may no longer work with LV8.5. I have only tested it once with a previous LabVIEW version and therefore can't say much about it.

[Rashid-Malik]

Thanks GerdW for the information. So at present I can find no digital laborer to do the task for me. Looks like I'll have to go through each and every VI and VIT to increase the cosmetic appeal of the code.

Thanks anyway!

[parthabe]

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GerdW wrote:
Maybe in one of the next LV versions?

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It will most probably come in LV 8.6, thats what one of the NI guys in India told me.

"Auto-cleanup all wires" - the feature is...

[Rashid-Malik]

Thanks for the reply mathan!

[GerdW]

Hi Partha,

the tool I saw is not just "auto-clean all wires", it also moves all other elements to get a nice style-guide compliant block diagram...