I can't find a TestStand tool that assembles all VIs into a llb file.

[LegalEngineer]

I used to use a teststand tool to assemble all LabView VI modules into a .llb file with an option to save only the panel view. This tool existed in TS2.0 but not in TS3.0. Where can I find this tool?

[Matthew C]

Hello,

Thank you for contacting National Instruments.

You can build VI libraries within LabVIEW itself. Simply open LabVIEW and go to Tools >> VI Library Manager. This utility will allow you to create new library files and add VIs to the libraries you create. When you save each of your VIs, you can select Save with Options and choose to remove the block diagram from the file.

Let me know if this is what you needed.

Matthew C
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

[herrlin]

Anyone know if this functionality is available in TS 4.2.  I would like to deploy a system where I have just two files, a sequence file and a LLB with all of my VI’s, not just the sub VI’s.  I would like to avoid having to make the LLB directly in LabVIEW due to keeping my VI’s better organized in a file structure during development.

[Manooch_H]

Unfortunately, the TestStand Deployment Utility does not currently provide the functionality to remove VI Block Diagrams. We are looking into providing this functionality in a future version. The TestStand Deployment Utility also does not currently provide the functionality to store all VIs including top-level code module VIs in a single LLB.

That being said, you do have the ability to Lock your VI Block Diagrams using the TestStand Deployment Utility by password protecting them. This can be done in the LabVIEW VI Options window (to get to the LabVIEW VI Options window, go to the Distributed Files tab and click the LabVIEW Options button). Additionally, in the LabVIEW VI Options window, you can specify that all of your SubVI Dependencies be placed in an LLB as opposed to a normal folder. To do this, you simply need to add a .llb to the end of the SubVI Location name:

Hope this helps.