Large VI Size

[sreisman]

I am writing a labview vi that is 3018 kB in size. my laptop is acting funny. I am using labiew 2015. Is the program too large ?

[Gregory]

Hi sreisman,

There is nothing illegal about that VI size. Do you have a lot of data stored in it as constants or default data for controls? If the file is so large because you have hundreds of functions and wires on a single diagram, then it will be very hard to edit, and you should work on creating smaller functions, or subVIs as they are called in LabVIEW.

[RavensFan]

First, please don't call your subject "LabVIEW" as every message in the LabVIEW forum is about LabVIEW.

What do you mean by "funny"?  That is a very non-specific word.  Do you mean your browser opened up to You Tube and showing comedy videos?

If something is acting peculiar, give a description of what it is doing.  Have you tried to open the VI on another PC with LabVIEW?  Is it only odd while running, or editing, or both?

[altenbach]

LabVIEW will start acting funny (a very serious matter!) if you exceed the max size (given by I16 coordinates in x and y). This has nothing to do with file size on disk.

Feel free to attach your VI so we can have a look. Who wrote it?

[thols]

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@sreisman wrote:

I am writing a labview vi that is 3018 kB in size. my laptop is acting funny. I am using labiew 2015. Is the program too large ?

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No, there is a bug in the code. Show us the code and we can help.

[sreisman]

I did have a long sequence with many constants, etc. just as you described. 

Thank you so much for the information. It was quite helpful.