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Wolfgang

IDE: Vertical guides

Status: New Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast on 10-14-2012 05:59 AM Comment

Hello,

 

even today source code needs to be printed (to paper, to PDF...). So for a given font and font size there is a maximum number of characters per line that can be printed without forcing a line break.

Accordingly, I have arranged my source code that none of the lines exceeds this limit. I would consider it convenient to have a faint grey vertical line indicating this limit. So I suggest adding a 'ruler' with user settable vertical guides.

 

Thanks for consideration.

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NiCoder

"Build All/Batch" Button on toolbar and projects dependent settings

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 07-18-2012 08:59 AM 1 Comment

"Build All/Batch" would be helpful if place on tool bar menu.   This feature would help developer who is familar with Microsoft Visual Studio development enviroment.  CVI is already an subset of MS Visual Studio.   

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Wolfgang

Improved recognition of user changes in IDE

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast on 06-17-2012 05:50 AM 6 Comment

Hello,

 

sorry for the strange title, I couldn't find a better one:

 

Right now, if I toggle a tag or set a breakpoint, these actions cannot be undone using 'Undo (CTRL+Z)'.

 

Similarly, if I want to discard any changes I have made in a project this may not be especially simple... If I simply close CVI then I am asked if I want to save or discard my changes - this is fine - unfortunately this does not include breakpoints, tags, etc. So even if I select 'discard', tags, breakpoints etc. are not undone.

 

I'd like to have a possibility to close a project in the state I have opened it.

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pblase

configuration management.

Status: New Submitted by Active Participant on 06-05-2012 12:24 PM 3 Comment

Is there a configuration/source management system available for LabWindows/CVI? If not, one is desperately needed.

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Wolfgang

'Go to definition' / 'Go to declaration' should also work in release mode

Status: Completed Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast on 02-24-2012 09:12 AM 7 Comment

It has been suggested much earlier here, but obviously passed out of mind:

 

When using 'Go to Definition' (CTrl+I) while in release configuration, CVI tells that no source code information was found for the identifier '...', because 'Browse information is not available in the Release configuration'... (still true for CVI2010)

 

This can and should be improved!

 

And it might be a good opportunity to also add the reverse process, 'Goto Declaration', suggested here

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Kracken

Import/Export Custom Environment and Color Settings

Status: Already Implemented Submitted by on 08-10-2011 11:18 AM 4 Comment

It would be nice to be able to import and export custom environment and color settings.  This would allow users to transfer settings to another computer, and it would also allow the community to create color schemes that could be shared.  Creating a good color scheme from scratch is time consuming, so it would be nice for both the creater and the user to be able to share the work that is done.

 

CustomColors.PNG

 

Regards,

 

Brandon V.

 

 

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Wolfgang

Save window position of Array Display

Status: New Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast on 05-06-2011 06:41 AM 4 Comment

Debugging code involving arrays is complicated by the facts that

 

  1. In order to view a value from an array one has to press first Shift F7 and then F4: one key press would be simpler Smiley Wink Right now only graphical array view has its one click shortcut...
  2. Every time I restart the program I have to reposition the array display window to a place where it does not overlap with source code window, variable window,... It would be much more convenient if the window position of Array Display could also be saved such that in the next run and pressing Shift F7, F4 the window would be usable immediately, without the need to reposition it

Thanks!

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Wolfgang

support of Unicode character set

Status: In Development Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast on 03-18-2011 04:20 AM 14 Comment

support of Unicode character set would be most welcome

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Wolfgang

make Window menu modal

Status: New Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast on 02-21-2011 03:35 AM 1 Comment

In the CVI IDE the Window menu provides a list of View options, e.g. the Find Results.

 

While it's possible to display a window via selection of the corresponding menu item, it's not possible to deselect an item and hide/remove this window via the menu.

 

Moreover, even if the Find Results window is not selected, it does show up every time I use CTRL+F and hence does not honor my wish to not have it displayed.

 

Because every additional window requires some space I would prefer the possibility to decide myself if I want to have a Find Results window displayed or not.

 

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Wolfgang

movable windows within the IDE

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast on 12-16-2010 04:57 AM 4 Comment

Following the discussion with Luis here I want to suggest

 

  1. a possibility to confine the variable view
  2. allowing to move confined windows within the IDE, i.e. position the source code browser to the left (or right) of the code window, similar to the workspace window.

Wolfgang

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Wolfgang

allow selection of pdf files in the distribution kit

Status: New Submitted by Trusted Enthusiast on 11-06-2010 08:16 AM 2 Comment

Right now, it is possible to add a readme file to the distribution (Build / Distribution / Edit...). Unfortunately, the file type of a readme file (and the license agreement file) is limited to *.rtf. 

 

It might be useful to distribute a more 'complex' readme file, e.g. including figures. Hence I would prefer to distribute readme.pdf instead of readme.rtf

 

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Peter_Prinzen

configure batchbuilt; only compile certain projects...

Status: Under Consideration Submitted by Member on 10-13-2010 06:42 AM 3 Comment

Hi,

 

I would like to see an configuration of batchbuilt process. I have a big workspace with many projects; and would like to create different setups, like "compile only all server projects" or "compile all client projects". The workspace contains a big server-client -based software packages; some dll-projects used for server side only, some only client side.

 

Peter