project mass compile - how does it work

[TiTou]

Can anyone explain - or point me to documentation - what LabVIEW does when I start mass compile by using the menu option from the project window?

It seems to take much longer when doing this rather than mass compiling the folder containing the project (from Tools >> Advanced... >> mass compile, why?

Edit :

My project's mass compile has been running for over 10h... and still running

41'768 loaded... the top level folder contains 1'292 files and not all of them are LabVIEW files.
Even if I include file from vi-lib and user.lib I doubt we can reach 3'000 files.

Now the count is above 43k... why oh why?

I ended up killing LabVIEW (2019 sp1 by the way) and then run the mass compile from the tools menu on the folder containing the project : done in less than 4 minutes and 4 seconds.

[Yamaeda]

I guess the project version includes everything under Dependencies also, i.e. VI.lib and stuff, so that it's more VI's isn't strange. 10+ hours is much though. (You can speed things up by increasing the cache VI amount to ~1000)

[TiTou]

As far as I know we can only set this from the dialog when mass compiling from the tools menu.

Is there a way to set the cache VI amount when mass compiling the project?

[Yamaeda]

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@TiTou wrote:

As far as I know we can only set this from the dialog when mass compiling from the tools menu.

Is there a way to set the cache VI amount when mass compiling the project?

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I assumed it reused that setting?

[pincpanter]

Note that the project's Mass Compiling... menu item terminates with the ellipsis but the function starts immediately 😆

[Darren · Accepted solution]

Project mass compile uses a different codepath within the LabVIEW C++ code than Tools > Advanced > Mass Compile.

I personally don't trust the project mass compile, and I exclusively use the one in the Tools menu.

[billko]

If cheeseburger Darren doesn't trust it, then I am not trusting it any longer!  😄

[Yamaeda]

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@billko wrote:

If cheeseburger Darren doesn't trust it, then I am not trusting it any longer!  😄

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Believe the burger! Trust the cheese! 🙂