VIKit

Tools for VIs and LabVIEW Development

Tool list

• VIBuildProject -- builds a LabVIEW project.
• VIPreCommitSnipDiagram -- mirrors LabVIEW source as VI snippets as part of git commit.
• VIQueryBuildSpecs -- prints all of the build specifications in a LabVIEW project.
• VIQueryVersion -- prints what LabVIEW version a LabVIEW file was written in.
• VISnipDiagram -- creates VI snippets from a VI or folder.

Usage

• VIBuildProject -- builds a LabVIEW project.

$ VIBuildProject.sh --project 'C:\path\to\VIKit.lvproj'
$ VIBuildProject.sh --project 'C:\path\to\VIKit.lvproj' --target 'VIKit.dll@My Computer'
$ VIBuildProject.sh --project 'C:\path\to\VIKit.lvproj' --lv-version 2014

• VIPreCommitSnipDiagram -- mirrors LabVIEW source as VI snippets as part of git commit.

$ VIPreCommitSnipDiagram.sh install "relative/path/to/labview/source" "relative/path/to/snippet/mirror"

• VIQueryBuildSpecs -- prints all of the build specifications in a LabVIEW project.

$ VIQueryBuildSpecs.exe 'C:\path\to\VIKit.lvproj'
My Computer     VIKit.dll       DLL

• VIQueryVersion -- prints what LabVIEW version a LabVIEW file was written in.

$ VIQueryVersion.exe 'C:\path\to\VIQueryVersion.vi'
13.0
$ VIQueryVersion.exe 'C:\path\to\VIKit.lvproj'
13.0

• VISnipDiagram -- creates VI snippets from a VI or folder.

$ VISnipDiagram.sh --vi 'C:\path\to\VIQueryVersion.vi' --png 'C:\path\to\VIQueryVersion.png'
$ VISnipDiagram.sh --vi 'C:\path\to\vi\source' --png 'C:\path\to\snippet\mirror' --lv-version 2014

Getting Started

• These instructions assume you have MinGW installed.
• Unpack the distribution:

$ tar -xzf VIKit.tar.gz

• Build the tools:

$ cd VIKit
$ make
gcc -std=c99 VIQueryVersion.c -o VIQueryVersion.exe -lVIKit -LVIKit
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• Install the tools:

$ make install DEST='/path/to/your/bin'

• Enable VI auto-snippets-on-git-commit for a repository (like VIKit has):

$ cd /path/to/your/git/repository
$ VIPreCommitSnipDiagram.sh install "relative/path/to/labview/source" "relative/path/to/snippet/mirror"
$ VISnipDiagram.sh --vi 'C:\full\path\to\labview\source' --png 'C:\full\path\to\snippet\mirror' --lv-version 2014
$ git add 'C:\full\path\to\snippet\mirror'
$ git commit -m "Adding VI snippet mirror"

Requirements

• Windows XP or later
• LabVIEW 2013 Run-Time Engine
• VIBuildProject.sh requires a LabVIEW IDE with Application Builder
• VISnipDiagram.sh requires a LabVIEW IDE