LabVIEW configuration file/Miscellaneous

This is a list of Miscellaneous LabVIEW ini File settings.

BldApp.RemovePolyVIsandTypedefs

Example	`BldApp.RemovePolyVIsandTypedefs=FALSE`
Description	Setting this to `FALSE` stops the LabVIEW Application Builder from aggressively removing polymorphic VIs and typedefs that it thinks are not required
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	TRUE
LabVIEW Versions	7.x
OS's Supported
Notes	By default, the LabVIEW 7.x Application Builder does not include type definitions and unused instances of polymorphic VIs into executable in order to decrease size of application. This setting can be changed in the LabVIEW 7.1 applciation Builder in the Application Settings page. If a VI in your build calls an external VI that uses a type definition in order to pass parameters, and the AppBuilder is unaware of this external VI, it will end in tears. Also there is one other issue which makes this setting very important. In LabVIEW 7.x, by disconnecting typedefs from controls they did loose their default data and return to LabVIEWs default default data. This could be a major problem if you used strict typedefed clusters on front panels to provide certain default data when unwired and those default data did not match LabVIEWs default default data. This has been mostly fixed in newer LabVIEW versions from 8.0 on.

Example	`coerceFromVariant=TRUE`
Description	Force variants to automatically coerce to any data type that they are connected to
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	7.x , 8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	Tread carefully, as using this function removes coercion notification, and does not use error handling

Example	`cleanupVisa=TRUE`
Description	Automatically close VISA sessions - do not require the use of the VISA Close VI
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	5.x , 6.x , 7.x , 8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	None

Example	`defaultConPane=4833`
Description	Sets the default Connector pane layout for new VIs
Datatype	I32
Permitted Values
Default Value	(4815)
LabVIEW Versions	8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	Source: NI Knowledge Base ( http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/279F064F0688C114862570900057678C )

Example	`ExternalNodesEnabled=FALSE`
Description	Enables use of External Nodes
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	6.x?, 7.x: TRUE 8.x: FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	6.x? , 7.x , 8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	None

Example	`ExternalNodeDebugging=FALSE`
Description	Shows External Nodes for what they are: sequence diagrams
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	7.x , 8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	None

Example	`MaxHelpDescLength=8000`
Description	Maximum number of characters that will be displayed before truncation in the Context Help
Datatype	Integer
Permitted Values
Default Value	8000
LabVIEW Versions	8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	If set to a non-positive number, then there will be no max. If set to 50 or less, then 50 will be the max

Example	`MRUFolders=TRUE`
Description	MRUFolders:Most recently used folders. Every time you select a file in a file dialog in LabVIEW, that location (folder) becomes the new top item in the location area (left side of the dialog) of the Windows file dialog.
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE, FALSE
Default Value	FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	8.2
OS's Supported
Notes

Example	`openInRun=TRUE`
Description	When opening VIs in the development environment, open them in run mode
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	3.x , 4.x , 5.x , 6.x , 7.x , 8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	None

Example	`readOnlyLock=TRUE`
Description	Treat read-only VIs as locked
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	5.x , 6.x , 7.x , 8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	It is important to set this to `TRUE` when using source code control outside of the LabVIEW environment, so LabVIEW will not allow a VI that is not checked out to the user to be edited

Example	`showNoNavDialog=TRUE`
Description	Prevents the "Getting Started Window" dialog from appearing
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	Source: NI Knowledge Base ( http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/841B934909D863C886256F62006AC243?OpenDocument )

Example	`ShowTipStrings=FALSE`
Description	Display Tip Strips during execution
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	TRUE
LabVIEW Versions	4.x , 5.x , 6.x , 7.x , 8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	None

Example	`skipNavigatorDialog=TRUE`
Description	Skip the navigation dialog on development environment launch
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	5.x , 6.x , 7.x , 8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	None

Example	`SuperPrivateSpecialStuff=TRUE`
Description	Exposes private properties, method and events in the IDE
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	Not supported by NI, this is not a scripting method.

Example	`suppressFileDlgForMissingVIs=TRUE`
Description	Suppresses the file dialog for when loading a VI that has missing SubVIs
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	5.x , 6.x , 7.x , 8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	None

Example	`useNativeFileDialog=FALSE`
Description	Use the OS native file dialogs
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	TRUE
LabVIEW Versions	4.x , 5.x , 6.x , 7.x , 8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	None

Example	`userVIsAppearFirst=TRUE`
Description	Makes the user VIs appear first in the tool menu
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	6.x , 7.x
OS's Supported
Notes	Unfortunately this option no longer works in LabVIEW versions 8+.

Example	`XNodeWizardMode=TRUE`
Description	Allows contextual menus on XNodes to facilitate debugging
Datatype	Boolean
Permitted Values	TRUE or FALSE
Default Value	FALSE
LabVIEW Versions	8.x
OS's Supported
Notes	None