LabVIEW
HSE WoW .vipc
Other Resources
- Shortcut Menu Plugins
- Git Setup

10 IDE Setup

Personalizing a fresh install of LabVIEW and/or aligning your settings with those of your team mates goes a long way towards easier collaboration.

LabVIEW

LabVIEW.ini settings

Where Does LabVIEW Store Configuration Settings?
LabVIEW Wiki: LabVIEW Configuration File

QuickBold=True
bookmarkmanager.showvilib=True
bookmarkmanager.showresource=True
defaultErrorHandlingForNewVIs=False
sourceOnlyDefaultForNewVIs=True
QuickDropFastSearch=True
FancyFPTerms=False
reqdTermsByDefault=True
returnKeyAction=True
enableAutoWire=False
autoRouteWires=False
StructuresAutoSizeByDefault=False
DropSubdiagramLabelByDefault=True
allowItemsViewDelete=True
DefaultLabelPositionIndBD=4
DefaultLabelPositionBD=12
defaultControlStyle=2
useNumbersForNewVIIcons=False
autoInsertFeedbackNode=False
autoLayoutBlockPaddingX=25
autoLayoutBlockPaddingY=30
autoLayoutWirePaddingX=10
autoLayoutWirePaddingY=10
autoLayoutFixControls=True
autoLayoutFixIndicators=True
skipNavigatorDialog=False
server.tcp.access="+127.0.0.1;+localhost;+*"
showBDConstName=True
LVdebugKeys=True
DragAdjustWires=False
NI.LV.RemoveNoError=True
server.viscripting.showScriptingOperationsInEditor=True

More to be found at The LabVIEW Lab.

Other LabVIEW Settings

Change default names for accessors from “Read” & “Write” to “Get” & “Set”
- Original location: [LabVIEW20xx]\resource\Framework\Providers\LVClassLibrary\CLSUIP_LocalizedStrings.vi
- LV2025Q3 and later: [LabVIEW20xx]\resource\Framework\Providers\LVClassLibrary\NewAccessors\CLSUIP_LocalizedStrings.vi

CTRL-Key Shortcuts

These QD plugins are installed via our WoW:

Shortcut	Plugin Name
S	Align Elements (matrixx5687)
A	Align to Connector Pane (RoboticsME)
G	Create VI Template (dnatt)
I	Insert from Clipboard (hooovahh)
J	JSON to Cluster - QD (Fred_V)
H	Nattify_HSE_Flavour (dnatt)
P	Replace from Clipboard (DanyAllard)
F	Show VI in Win Explorer (David_L)

These QD plugins are distributed with LV or via installed VI packages:

Shortcut	Plugin Name
Q	Add Labels (Martin Nöhrer)
M	Bookmark QD Plugin (Greylock Tech.)
X	HSE Error Code Helper
L	HSE State-Machine Parser
E	Launch DQMH Tool
T	Move Labels
R	Remove and rewire
O	Reset to Origin
U	Run Project Unit Tests (Caraya)
K	Set Text Icon
B	VI Server Rename
D	Wire All Terminals
W	Wire Multiple Objects Together

Block Diagram (inserts)

Text	Object to insert
`hi`	HSE Logger INFO VI
`hd`	HSE Logger DEBUG VI
`hw`	HSE Logger WARNING VI
`he`	HSE Logger ERROR VI
`ht`	HSE Caraya Unit Test Template

Custom Probes

Creating Custom Probes
LavaG Custom Probes Repository

Timing Probe: https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Darren-s-Occasional-Nugget-02-23-2018/m-p/3759109
Further useful probes are included in the VI-Packes JSONText and SQLite from J. Powell.

VI Templates

Caraya UT Template

VI Analyzer Tests

We can install custom VI Analyzer tests.

HSE WoW .vipc

We've created a .vipc (a VI Package Configuration file) that automates all of the above for ourselves and for our customers:

Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in a customized WoW VI Package for your team.

Other Resources

These are items that are not part of our WoW .vipc.

Shortcut Menu Plugins

LabVIEW Shortcut Menu Plug-Ins Forum

Darren Nattinger's Favorite Shortcut Plugins

Do we neew to include them in lv.ini?

Git Setup

see our page about Fork Setup and SSH Setup. When working on multiple (virtual) machines, the easiest way is, to maintain only one pair of ssh-keys. Keep the default name and store them in a central, but safe place and distribute it to all machines and SCCM providers.

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