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[Gilles Kern]

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to document a vi and create the help for it. Could anyone tell me
how to use the help functions in Labview or give me a small example to show
me how to realise that. Many thanks Gilles

[Enrique]

Gilles;

Two different answers for the same questions:

If you want to document a VI the same way it is documented in LabVIEW, first go to 'File -> VI properties" and in the pull-down menu select Documentation. There you can write a description of the VI and, if you have a help file, you can link your VI to a help topic. Then, right-click on each control or indicator in your VI's front panel and select "description and tip" and write there the description. To create a help like page, go to "Print" in the File menu and save your VI as an .rtf file. You can also save it as an html file, which is better if you do not have a help compiler.

If you want to have a help file associated with your application, then you need to use the Help VIs included with LabVIEW (
I don't remember the function palette, I don't have LabVIEW in front of me now... you can do a search.) I created a VI called "VI Background Check" that use those functions, which you can download it from here: http://www.jyestudio.com/lview.shtml

Regards;
Enrique Vargas

[Gilles Kern]

Thank you Enrique, you help has been very useful to me. Cheers Gilles


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> Gilles;
>
> Two different answers for the same questions:
>
> If you want to document a VI the same way it is documented in LabVIEW,
> first go to 'File -> VI properties" and in the pull-down menu select
> Documentation. There you can write a description of the VI and, if you
> have a help file, you can link your VI to a help topic. Then,
> right-click on each control or indicator in your VI's front panel and
> select "description and tip" and write there the description. To
> create a help like page, go to "Print" in the File menu and save your
> VI as an .rtf file. You
can also save it as an html file, which is
> better if you do not have a help compiler.
>
> If you want to have a help file associated with your application, then
> you need to use the Help VIs included with LabVIEW (I don't remember
> the function palette, I don't have LabVIEW in front of me now... you
> can do a search.) I created a VI called "VI Background Check" that use
> those functions, which you can download it from here:
> http://www.jyestudio.com/lview.shtml
>
> Regards;
> Enrique Vargas