LabView V8 Clones

[Major Misunderstanding]

What is a clone? Many of my own subs have became clones and I cannot edit
them - what do I do?


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[TCPlomp]

A clone is a copy of a VI in memory, with LV 8 clones were introduced with the namespace items. To edit them you have to switch them to 'edit mode' (ctrl-m on windows) After editing you might see a strange icon where the run-button was located (three arrows down pointed or something) if you hit this button all (non-running clones) will be updated!

Ton

[Gleichman]

The reason the VIs are opening as clones is because they are set to be "Reentrant execution". (VI Properties -> Execution).  In LabVIEW 8.x Reentrant VIs can be debugged, so LabVIEW opens a seperate copy for each SubVI that you open.

[Rashid-Malik]

If we are using a VIT (and not a VI) any sub VI is opened as a clone, although the re-entrant execution mode has not been activated. What's the reason?

[Ray.R]

The VIT template is not meant to be used as vi (or sub-vi), so it automatically creates a clone that you can use to develop your code and then you should save it as a named.vi.  After saving it, the newly created vi is no longer a clone.

R

[Ray.R]

Please refer to the below link for more info on reentrant VIs (Preallocate), Reentrant VIs (Share Clones), VI Templates, and Dynamic VIs;

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/98847B4E4C715E6D86256C59006B57CC?OpenDocument

[Rashid-Malik]

Thanks for the link. It was very useful and informative.

[Rashid-Malik]

That certainly clarified things. Thanks foe the answer.

Have a nice day!

[Ray.R]

There's an on-going discussion about other types of clones (project related) here.

[Rashid-Malik]

Thanks , once again, for pointing to a useful page.

Have a very nice day!