What differences are between VI templates and VI?

[Bichillo]

I am reading the User Manual( Labview 7) and I don´t umderstando what differences are between save one Vi as *.vit or *.vi?I would like to know the differences beteween vi templates and vi!!!
Thank you!!

[Joe_Guo]

Here is my two cents: with template VIs, you can load multiple of them at the same time, each one has its own memory space (similar to reentrant vi), however, it also displays its frontpanel (advantage over reentrant vi).

Joe

[JDesRosier]

Dear Bichillo,

I was searching through our knowledge base archive, and I may have found some more information to help you learn about the differences between VIs and VITs.

Please do the following:

1) Goto www.ni.com
2) Scroll down and click [KnowledgeBase]
3) Perform a search on "+vi +vit +difference"
4) Click the second link: "AE KB 2QKDG7DW : Differences Between Reentrant VIs, VI Templates, and Dynamic VIs"

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you need further assistance. Have a great day!

Kind Regards,

Joe Des Rosier
National Instruments

[Greg_McKaskle2]

> I am reading the User Manual( Labview 7) and I don´t umderstando what
> differences are between save one Vi as *.vit or *.vi?I would like to
> know the differences beteween vi templates and vi!!!
> Thank you!!


If you have ever used template documents in Word or Excel, it is the
same. A vit, VI template, is a starting document partially completed,
that makes it easier to finish a VI. A VI is what LV actually loads,
edits, and executes.

The primary differences are when opening a VI, LV keeps the name of the
file you opened. When opening a template, it is forced to be renamed so
that the user makes their own VI and doesn't easily overwrite the template.

An example template is for a dialog, it will already have the OK and
Cancel buttons and t
he panel color and dialog-modal window style. You
open it and some of the work is already done for you.

Greg McKaskle