Can you search for specific shared variables in LabVIEW 8.6?

[JT1958]

National Instruments is not making this easy. I cannot find any reference to searching for shared variables in either the bug fixes or known issues. I guess NI doesn't think being unable to search for shared variables is a problem.

[Ben]

KenT (of NI) posted a tool <a href="http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&amp;message.id=343613#M343613" target="_blank">in this thread </a>to help you search for Shared Varibles.
Ben

[falkpl]

You can always lable your shared variables and do a search for text,&nbsp;not the most elegant solution but should work.
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[JT1958]

You said
"KenT (of NI) posted a tool <a href="http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&amp;message.id=343613#M343613" target="_blank"> in this thread </a>to help you search for Shared Varibles.
Ben"
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The tool for searching for shared variables does not work. After listing vis in the selected project it stops. There is no opportunity to search for shared variables.

[Ben]

JY wrote "The tool for searching for shared variables does not work. "
Please post your finding in that thread so Ken can follow-up. The methods he used were private so only NI can do anything to help you.
Ben

[Darren]

The reason that VI didn't work is probably because the internal structure of Shared Variables on the diagram changed in LabVIEW 8.6.&nbsp; They used to be a particular type of object, and now they are another.&nbsp; I have attached a VI Analyzer test below that allows you to specify a string pattern, and the test will return a "failure" for any Shared Variable found on the diagrams of analyzed VIs whose name(s) match that pattern.&nbsp; Note that in order for this test to work, the LabVIEW project that owns the variable(s) you're looking for must be open prior to starting the analysis...otherwise you'll get a 1055 error when running the test.&nbsp; Place the attached LLB in your [LabVIEW Data]\VI Analyzer Tests folder, restart LabVIEW, and choose Tools &gt; VI Analyzer &gt; Analyze VIs.&nbsp; This test will only work in LabVIEW 8.6 and later since it looks for the new object type of Shared Variables.Hope this helps,-DMessage Edited by Darren on 08-12-2008 03:08 PM


Find Shared Variables.llb:
http://forums.ni.com/attachments/ni/170/348774/1/Find Shared Variables.llb

[Darren]

JT1958 wrote:National Instruments is not making this easy. I cannot find any reference to searching for shared variables in either the bug fixes or known issues. I guess NI doesn't think being unable to search for shared variables is a problem.We are aware that this is a desired feature, and we are looking at ways to include this functionality in a future LabVIEW version.Thanks for the feedback,-D