spaghetti_developer Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Hi guys, It's the moment for me to migrate from LV2010 to LV2012 therefore I searched a tool to migrate the shortcuts, I have already created (in several years of usage) on the quick-drop function, between the two version of Labview. Does anyone know if there is a tool that can migrate these shortcuts? Does anyone know if it is enough to move a configuration file? Which configuration file has to be moved? Thx. Quote Link to comment
jcarmody Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I always just copy the <LabVIEW>/resource/dialog/Quick Drop/plugins folder. Quote Link to comment
spaghetti_developer Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 It seems the indexes algorithm is quicker in LV2012 than in LV2010. Doing the copy of the quick drop folder, don't you lose this improvement? Quote Link to comment
crossrulz Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 The best way would be to turn your plugins into packages with VIPM. I just keep a copy of my plugins in a central network location and copy them over to whichever versions they are compatible with. Are you talking about the plugins that you can make with scripting or shortcuts to quickly drop functions from the palettes? Those shortcuts are in your LabVIEW.ini file, which I always copy over when I make a fresh install. Quote Link to comment
spaghetti_developer Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 I was talking about the shortcuts of the functions from the palettes. For plugins I have just copied them into the plugins folder. Quote Link to comment
crossrulz Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 As I said, I always copy the LabVIEW.ini file whenever I have a fresh install. This will copy all of your settings, including the quick drop shortcuts. Quote Link to comment
spaghetti_developer Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Yes, thank you. I copied the ini file and it seems work well. Thank you very much! 1 Quote Link to comment
hooovahh Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 The shortcuts are in the LabVIEW.ini (as you have discovered) and are under the key QuickDropDiagramShortcuts and QuickDropPanelShortcuts. Copying just these items to the new LabVIEW.ini will bring along the shortcuts. Internally we have a package with added quickdrop functions. Packages can have a PostInstall VI called and my post install VI will add these lines to the current LabVIEW.ini. Quote Link to comment
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