vi revision number add to vi description

[aparab]

hi all,

I would like to see the VI revision number  in the VI description.

the thing is I am also using Teststand where the Description is shown  with the VI ICON  & would like to have the Ver. Nr also

is there any command to achieve this.

[P@Anand]

Do you have the Revision number of the VI and just wanted to add it to the VI description? You have the VI Description property to do that. 

Or you are trying to get the Source code control revision of a particular VI programatically?

[aparab]

the revision number generated by labview

I dont use  any source control

[P@Anand]

You can use the VI Property History:Revision Number and use the Description property to add it to the VI Description.

[aparab]

ya sure but then I have to explicitly  code it in the VI (BD)

I am expecting  some   command  which can perform the same  directly in the VI Description text box

secondly  if I code also  I have to probably do for the 100 VIs in my project.

May be that  can be  automated!

thanks Anand..

regards

Akshay

[Yamaeda]

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@aparab wrote:

secondly  if I code also  I have to probably do for the 100 VIs in my project.

May be that  can be  automated!

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Sure it can be automated, just use VI's in memory property and loop through them all and update the description.

You might want to add some check/update function so you dont just add the text each time, else you'll get a long list of numbers with time. 🙂

/Y

[Hooovahh]

Or you can make your own VI Description editor with the functionality you want.  Here is a good start.

https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-17043

[Dennis_Knutson]

You should really be using source code control. Not using it is pretty amateurish in my opinion. The built revision numbers are not good enough.

[JÞB]

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@aparab wrote:

hi all,

I would like to see the VI revision number  in the VI description.

the thing is I am also using Teststand where the Description is shown  with the VI ICON  & would like to have the Ver. Nr also

is there any command to achieve this.

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"Why on earth would you want this?"  was the first thing I asked myself.  Scratched my head, sipped some coffee....

BINGO! aparab has no "Source Code Control!"  

LabVIEW creates and edits software

TestStand Creates, edits and executes sequences

Niether of them do the job of source code control- get a repository!

[aparab]

am in the process of Implementing Source Code.

The version number is just during this Transition phase.