LabVIEW configuration file/Miscellaneous
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This is a list of Miscellaneous LabVIEW ini File settings.
ActiveXMoreContainerOptions
| Example | ActiveXMoreContainerOptions=FALSE
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|---|---|
| Description | Adds "Persist State To Edit Mode" and "Destroy And Recreate When Run" to the Advanced submenu of an ActiveX container[1] |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes |
BldApp.RemovePolyVIsandTypedefs
| Example | BldApp.RemovePolyVIsandTypedefs=FALSE
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|---|---|
| Description | Setting this to FALSE stops the LabVIEW Application Builder from aggressively removing polymorphic VIs and typedefs that it thinks are not required
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| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | TRUE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
7.x
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| OS's Supported |
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| 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. |
coerceFromVariant
| Example | coerceFromVariant=TRUE
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|---|---|
| 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
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | Tread carefully, as using this function removes coercion notification, and does not use error handling |
cleanupVisa
| Example | cleanupVisa=TRUE
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|---|---|
| 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
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
defaultConPane
| Example | defaultConPane=4833
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|---|---|
| Description | Sets the default Connector pane layout for new VIs |
| Datatype | I32 |
| Permitted Values | |
| Default Value | (4815) |
| LabVIEW Versions |
8.x
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
dropThroughClicks
| Example | dropThroughClicks=FALSE
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|---|---|
| Description | Allow drop-through clicks |
| Datatype | Integer |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | TRUE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
4.x
, 5.x
, 6.x
, 7.x
, 8.x
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
EnableStrictTypedefConstantConfiguration
| Example | EnableStrictTypedefConstantConfiguration=FALSE
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|---|---|
| Description | Adds a new context menu item to constants based on strict typedefs called Act as Strict Typedef Constant. [1] |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes |
ExternalNodesEnabled
| Example | ExternalNodesEnabled=FALSE
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|---|---|
| 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
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
ExternalNodeDebugging
| Example | ExternalNodeDebugging=FALSE
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|---|---|
| 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
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
GenericsAreGo
| Example | GenericsAreGo=TRUE
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|---|---|
| Description | Adds a context-menu item to controls and indicators labeled "Generic". This activates an abandoned feature in LabVIEW enabling the creation of "Generic VIs". If a control marked "generic" is connected to a VI's connector pane, it will automatically change to whatever type is wired to it; an indicator marked "generic" shows similar behavior with its block diagram terminal. If this just sounds like Malleable VIs with extra steps, that's because this is an unfinished prototype of what eventually became that. Using them is a BAD IDEA, unless you just want to experiment with it as a curiosity. NI staff have warned against using this in any kind of production code, as it is very buggy, abandoned for a reason, and can corrupt VI's. Use Malleable VI's instead; they do the same thing much better without using buggy unfinished features. |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
2014
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
hotMenus
| Example | hotMenus=FALSE
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|---|---|
| Description | Use hot menus |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | TRUE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
4.x
, 5.x
, 6.x
, 7.x
, 8.x
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
MaxHelpDescLength
| Example | MaxHelpDescLength=8000
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|---|---|
| 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
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| OS's Supported |
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| 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 |
MRUFolders
| Example | MRUFolders=TRUE
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|---|---|
| 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
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes |
openInRun
| Example | openInRun=TRUE
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|---|---|
| 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 |
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| Notes | None |
readOnlyLock
| Example | readOnlyLock=TRUE
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|---|---|
| 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
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| OS's Supported |
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| 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
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showBDConstName
| Example | showBDConstName=TRUE
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|---|---|
| Description | Show auto-constant labels |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
4.x
, 5.x
, 6.x
, 7.x
, 8.x
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
ShowHiddenLibraryItems
| Example | ShowHiddenLibraryItems=FALSE
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|---|---|
| Description | Shows hidden library items (for example when editing a statechart library). [1] |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes |
| Example | showNoNavDialog=TRUE
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|---|---|
| Description | Prevents the "Getting Started Window" dialog from appearing |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
8.x
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | Source: NI Knowledge Base ( http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/841B934909D863C886256F62006AC243?OpenDocument ) |
showRunAtAnyLoopMenuItem
| Example | showRunAtAnyLoopMenuItem=FALSE
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|---|---|
| Description | Adds a new menu item to Property and Invoke nodes labeled "Run At Any Loop". When selected, the node turns brown as if a private property or method was selected, even if none are. [1] |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes |
ShowTipStrings
| Example | ShowTipStrings=FALSE
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|---|---|
| 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
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
SimShowCompanionDiag
| Example | SimShowCompanionDiag=FALSE
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|---|---|
| Description | Adds a context menu option to the Simulation structure called "Show Companion Diagram", which toggles showing what looks like a "behind-the-scenes" block diagram for the simulation. [1] |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes |
| Example | skipNavigatorDialog=TRUE
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|---|---|
| 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
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
SuperSecretPrivateSpecialStuff
| Example | SuperSecretPrivateSpecialStuff=TRUE
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|---|---|
| Description | Exposes private properties, method and events in the IDE |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
8.x
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | Not supported by NI, this is not a scripting method. |
suppressFileDlgForMissingVIs
| Example | suppressFileDlgForMissingVIs=TRUE
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|---|---|
| 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
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
useNativeFileDialog
| Example | useNativeFileDialog=FALSE
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|---|---|
| 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
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
useUnicode
| Example | useUnicode=FALSE
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|---|---|
| Description | Enables Unicode characters in LabVIEW. [2] |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | Unicode is not fully supported in LabVIEW. Use with caution! |
userVIsAppearFirst
| Example | userVIsAppearFirst=TRUE
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|---|---|
| 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
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | Unfortunately this option no longer works in LabVIEW versions 8+. |
viTitleInPalettes
| Example | viTitleInPalettes=TRUE
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|---|---|
| Description | Displays window titles instead of VI names in functions palettes. This key is set by the Use window titles in functions palette option in the Controls/Functions Palettes category of the Options dialog. |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | TRUE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes |
XNodeDevelopment_LabVIEWInternalTag
| Example | XNodeDevelopment_LabVIEWInternalTag=True
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|---|---|
| Description | Enables XNodes to be edited and created within LabVIEW. |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | This configuration key does not work on Windows, as on that version it is enabled via an "XNodeDevelopment" license which is only available to NI employees; thus, there is no way to access this functionality on the Windows version without violating the license agreement. When enabled, regardless of OS, "XNode" will appear in the File->New dialog. |
XNodeWizardMode
| Example | XNodeWizardMode=TRUE
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|---|---|
| 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 |
MaxGSWRecentProjects
| Example | MaxGSWRecentProjects=10
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|---|---|
| Description | Allows more projects to be added to the Getting Started Window |
| Datatype | Integer |
| Permitted Values | 1 to 10 |
| Default Value | 2 |
| LabVIEW Versions |
2009
|
| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
operateCursorRunningVIs
| Example | operateCursorRunningVIs=TRUE
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|---|---|
| Description | Changes the default cursor on running VIs to its behavior prior to LabVIEW 2012 |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
2012
|
| OS's Supported |
|
| Notes | None |
useNewProjWiz
| Example | useNewProjWiz =FALSE
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|---|---|
| Description | Set to FALSE to make the Create Project menu items (in File and Project) open empty projects instead of launching the Create Project dialog. |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | TRUE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
2012
|
| OS's Supported |
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| Notes | None |
QuickBold
| Example | QuickBold=TRUE
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|---|---|
| Description | When editing text (either on the block diagram or the front panel) Ctrl-B allows you to toggle bold on or off. (When not editing text, Ctrl-B still performs it's normal function: remove broken wires.) |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
2013
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes |
ShowConsoleForPythonNode
| Example | ShowConsoleForPythonNode=TRUE
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|---|---|
| Description | Shows the output from Python when a Python Node executes.[3] |
| Datatype | Boolean |
| Permitted Values | TRUE or FALSE |
| Default Value | FALSE |
| LabVIEW Versions |
2018 and later
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| OS's Supported |
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| Notes |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 I found some more hidden INI keys (LAVA)
- ↑ All the LabVIEW.ini Treasures You Were Looking For (The LabVIEW Lab)
- ↑ Improved Python Support (LabVIEW 2021 Public Beta) by Christina Rogers