JKI News and Updates http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:51:02 -0600 15 JKI News and Updates http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php JkiNewsAndUpdateshttp://feedburner.google.com JKI Releases VI Package Manager 3.0 with Enterprise Package Repositories http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JkiNewsAndUpdates/~3/RWgEjIzhYJE/index.php VI Package Manager 3.0 with Enterprise Package Sharing. This release allows you to take share your reusable VIs over the network with your team, via a centralized VI Package Repository.

VI Package Manager allows you to get your reusable LabVIEW VIs into the palettes, organized the way you want, in just minutes. It has powerful, easy-to-use features that make sure you're always in control of your reusable VIs, without the worry of missing subVIs in your LabVIEW projects. And, it allows you to share your reusable VIs with your entire team, over the network.



Want to hear what others are saying about VI Package Manager? See our Customer Quotes.

VIPM Community
  • Install VI Packages
  • Download free OpenG VIs
  • Keyword search for VIs
VIPM Professional - In addition to all the features available in VIPM Community, VIPM Professional offers the following additional features:
  • Create VI Packages
  • Configuration Management of Projects
  • Source Code Control Integration
VIPM Enterprise – In addition to all the features available in VIPM Professional, VIPM Enterprise offers the following additional features:
  • Network Package Sharing
  • Team-based code reuse
  • User Management
You can learn more about VIPM 3.0, as well as download it on the Web at: jkisoft.com/vipm

We're very proud of this release and hope you find that it's full of great new features that help you in your LabVIEW projects. Thank you for all your feedback and support.

View the full article]]> Fri, 2 Oct 2009 17:08:07 -0500 JKI Software JKI Software JKI Software http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php?showtopic=1336&view=findpost&p=2858 Announcing the Release of the JKI Right-Click Framework for LabVIEW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JkiNewsAndUpdates/~3/TLpx0ObYwKI/index.php JKI Right-Click Framework, from the JKI Labs, which allows you to install new features into LabVIEW right-click menu.  And, we’re excited  to show you some of the new LabVIEW features (right-click plugins) that the community has already created.


Community Contributed RCF Plugins

  • Build Array of References - builds an array control references on the block diagram for the selected FP controls or BD control terminals.
  • Build Cluster of References - builds a typedef cluster of control references for the selected controls.
  • Case Selector - allows you to view a list of frames in a Case Structure and select one outside of the native interface.  Also, reorder/copy/insert/delete frames easier than ever.
  • Create Typedef From Constant - creates a typedef from a constant.
  • Disabled Property - enable and disable selected FP controls.
  • Explore… - Windows Explorer Plugin - Opens a explorer window with the VI or CTL selected.
  • Insert Typecast - automatically inserts a typecast on selected wires if needed.
  • Size Window to Contents - resizes the contents of the selected window to enclose its contents.
Hands-on Demo of the RCF at NIWeek 2009


If you’re coming to NIWeek 2009, make sure you check out JKI’s NIWeek 2009 Schedule and stop by the JKI Booth (#335) for a hands-on demo of the RCF and other JKI Software technology in action.  See you there!


Download and More Info


For more information about the JKI RCF including download, getting started, a how-to articles, please visit the JKI RCF Homepage.




View the full article]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:18:53 -0500 JKI Software JKI Software JKI Software http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php?showtopic=1300&view=findpost&p=2753 JKI TortoiseSVN 2.0.1 Released http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JkiNewsAndUpdates/~3/M1yKG0OU9Mo/index.php JKI TortoiseSVN Tool for LabVIEW.  This is a maintenance release with minor fixes.  Please see the release notes for more details.


To download and install the demo version, purchase the toolkit, or for more information please visit http://jkisoft.com/tortoisesvn-tool/




View the full article]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:31:31 -0500 JKI Software JKI Software JKI Software http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php?showtopic=1121&view=findpost&p=2496 Announcing the New JKI TortoiseSVN Tool for LabVIEW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JkiNewsAndUpdates/~3/6h_Wnz_NKro/index.php TortoiseSVN (TSVN) is our software version control system of choice. It's a critical part of our workflow, and we couldn't imagine living without it. However, using TSVN requires leaving LabVIEW and going to the Windows Explorer for every operation. We like to do our work inside LabVIEW.

That's why we're excited to announce the new JKI TortoiseSVN Tool for LabVIEW.

The JKI TortoiseSVN Tool for LabVIEW is a new JKI product that puts the power of TortoiseSVN into your LabVIEW Tools menu.


The JKI TortoiseSVN Tool for LabVIEW in use

TortoiseSVN, Without the Shell

The JKI TortoiseSVN Tool for LabVIEW adds a new TortoiseSVN submenu to the Tools menu in LabVIEW. To invoke a given TortoiseSVN operation on the current VI, just select the command you want from the menu.

"But," you may be saying to yourself, "it's already easy to use TortoiseSVN from the Windows Explorer! Why do I need to integrate it with LabVIEW?" That's a good question. The JKI TSVN Tool solves a few significant problems that you may be so used to working around, you don't notice them anymore!
  • No more searching for a VI's location on disk. To use TSVN in the Windows Explorer, you have to know where a given VI in LabVIEW's memory lives on disk. This requires you to stop thinking about your code, switch to Windows Explorer, find the window your VI lives in (or worse, open a new window & navigate to the right folder), and locate your VI. With the JKI TSVN Tool, all you have to do is go to the Tools menu in the VI window you've already got open, select Commit… and then get back to work.
  • No more manually syncing VIs after TSVN modifies them. Some TSVN operations can affect VIs that LabVIEW already has in memory. For example, if you perform an SVN Update or Revert on a file on disk, you have to remember to also revert the file in LabVIEW. At the very least, this is an annoying distraction. But it can be downright painful if you forget to do it and discover an SVN Conflict (or worse, a corrupted VI) when you commit your code later! The JKI TSVN Tool takes care of this for you. When you do an SVN operation on a VI from the TSVN Tool menu, it automatically makes sure that your VI in memory is synchronized to the VI file on disk.
  • It's just easier. Mental context-switching is a productivity killer. The JKI TSVN Tool for LabVIEW eliminates a lot of mini-context switches and helps you stay focused on solving the problems at hand.
There are other benefits to using the JKI TortoiseSVN Tool for LabVIEW, as well. For example, if you want to see a VI's SVN Log, simply go to Tools–>TortoiseSVN–>Show Log … This will allow you to see the commit history of your VI, in just a couple clicks, whenever you need it. We've identified the SVN functions we use most often, and made them accessible from within your LabVIEW environment.

You can try the JKI TortoiseSVN Tool for LabVIEW for free. So feel free to try it out and improve your LabVIEW and TortoiseSVN workflows today!

Watch a quick video:

View the full article]]> Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:34:35 -0500 JKI Software JKI Software JKI Software http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php?showtopic=1111&view=findpost&p=2460 Announcing the JKI Right-Click Framework for LabVIEW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JkiNewsAndUpdates/~3/cD8MOIwoUSU/index.php JKI Right-Click Framework for LabVIEW in the JKI Labs.  This amazing tool allows you to create new features in LabVIEW and use new features created by other developers.  It does this using the power of LabVIEW Scripting (using LabVIEW to programmatically edit LabVIEW code).


How it Works


The JKI RCF manages plug-ins (we call these “right-click plug-ins”). Each plug-in adds right-click menu options for different types of Block Diagram and Front Panel objects (functions, structures, controls, etc) in LabVIEW.  When the user chooses one of the right-click menu options, the JKI RCF passes the LabVIEW object references into the plug-in associated with the context menu, and the plug-in performs its operations on those objects.


How to Use It


To use the JKI RCF, simply:


1) Select one or more LabVIEW functions, structures, controls, etc., on the Front Panel or Block Diagram of a VI.


2) Activate the JKI Right-Click Framework by pressing the configurable ”hot key.”


3) Right-click on the selected objects and choose the operation you want to execute.  The JKI RCF knows what type of object(s) you have selected, and automatically shows you the plugins that can operate on the current selection.


This video shows the JKI RCF in action:





How to Extend It


The JKI RCF will come with several useful plug-ins pre-installed.  But its open architecture will also allow you to create your own plug-ins that can be shared with other users.


How to Get It


We’re working hard to get the JKI Right-Click Framework ready for release.  Stay tuned, because it’s coming soon to the VI Package Network.  That means that when it arrives, you’ll be able to install it in just a few clicks, using VI Package Manager!


History of the JKI Right-Click Framework


For years, JKI has been using LabVIEW’s under-the-hood Scripting capabilities to create software engineering and development tools for the LabVIEW environment.  One of the challenges that our team faced was making our tools easily accessible to the developer, at the time they were needed.  The solution was the right-click menu and, circa LabVIEW 8.0, the JKI Right-Click Framework was born.  Since then, it has remained an internal tool at JKI, due to the uncertainty about whether public use of LabVIEW’s scripting features would ever be officially condoned by NI.


In December 2008, we noticed a post on Darren Nattinger’s blog, describing exactly what we’d already built.  So we showed the JKI RCF to Darren (who is on the LabVIEW R&D team) and then to others at NI.  The consensus was that the JKI Right-Click Framework should be released to the public, along with LabVIEW Scripting and other LabVIEW APIs, so that LabVIEW developers could work together to create new features that make LabVIEW better and help people solve common programming challenges.


We’re very proud that the JKI Right-Click Framework has played a role in demonstrating to NI the enormous potential of LabVIEW Scripting in the LabVIEW Community, and we’re thankful that NI has worked hard to bring LabVIEW Scripting support to the public in the NI Labs.  We think the JKI Right-Click framework and LabVIEW Scripting make up a powerful combination that will allow LabVIEW users to create and share all kinds of innovative features and tools in LabVIEW.




View the full article]]> Fri, 15 May 2009 04:05:08 -0500 JKI Software JKI Software JKI Software http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php?showtopic=1101&view=findpost&p=2434 Announcing the New JKI Wire-Nut Toolkit for LabVIEW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JkiNewsAndUpdates/~3/yCBw4d9PGoU/index.php Wire-Nut Toolkit for LabVIEW,  a revolutionary new addition to the LabVIEW dataflow programming language, available now!


A Tool You Never Knew You Needed



The JKI Wire-Nut Toolkit for LabVIEW is a collection of dataflow Wire-Nuts that you can use to terminate wires in many different ways.


With the JKI Wire-Nut Toolkit, you never have to leave another output terminal unwired!





The JKI Wire-Nut Toolkit Will Improve Your Code


Here are just a few of the innovative features of the JKI Wire-Nut:

  • Eliminates memory leaks caused by data flowing out of exposed wire ends!
  • Helps keep abstractions from leaking out of LVOOP wires!
  • Protects your coworkers from the shock of finding unwired terminals in your application!
  • Works with all LabVIEW wire gauges, from the tiniest booleans to the largest super-clusters!
  • Never wears out!  Disconnect and reconnect hundreds of trillions of times!
  • Unit tested with VI Tester!
  • Works with your existing LabVIEW wiring tools, like Connect Wire, Probe Data, and Set/Clear Breakpoint!
  • Multiple colors for easy identification!
  • Supersedes JKI Electrical Tape!
  • Safe for use by children and pets!
Act Now!  Download and Install the JKI Wire-Nut Toolkit!


The JKI Wire-Nut Toolkit is available as a VI Package.  If you already have VI Package Manager, just download the JKI Wire-Nut Toolkit here:


Download: jki_lib_wire_nut-1.0.0-1.vip


After you’ve downloaded the package, double-click the .vip file and VI Package Manager will guide you through the installation process.


How To Get VI Package Manager


If you’re not already a VI Package Manager user, what are you waiting for?  VI Package Manager lets you take control of your reusable VIs, and is also the best way to put all the great tools from JKI Labs, OpenG.org, and the whole VI Package Network into your palettes!


Join The Discussion


What will you do with the JKI Wire-Nut Toolkit?  Will it save your project?  Your job?  Your life? Tell us in the comments below!


Wire-Nut is a registered trademark of Ideal Industries.  LabVIEW is a registered trademark of National Instruments.




View the full article]]> Wed, 1 Apr 2009 02:00:18 -0500 JKI Software JKI Software JKI Software http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php?showtopic=1053&view=findpost&p=2245 VIPM issue with LabVIEW 8.6.1 upgrade http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JkiNewsAndUpdates/~3/RYnnxOid1Gs/index.php can’t get VIPM to connect to LabVIEW 8.6.1 (immediately after upgrading from 8.6).


In each case the user’s “VI Server: Exported VIs” settings (in the Tools>>Options dialog) had been changed, somehow.


This setting should have a value of “*” set to “Allow access”, as shown below:





We’ve created a special FAQ entry for this issue, here:

We’re not really sure why this is happening and it doesn’t seem to happen to everyone — it appears to be something in the LabVIEW 8.6.1 installer.  We’ll keep looking into it.


Meanwhile, if you’re having trouble getting VIPM to work with LabVIEW 8.6.1, please let us know in our forums.




View the full article]]> Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:12:05 -0600 JKI Software JKI Software JKI Software http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php?showtopic=1029&view=findpost&p=2187 JKI Announces VI Tester 1.1 Release in JKI Labs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JkiNewsAndUpdates/~3/SNs7LCRx1u8/index.php VI Tester 1.1.  This release fixes several issues reported by the community, and also adds some significant new features:

  • A programmatic API so you can run tests and obtain their results from your own code.
VI Tester's Programmatic API

  • Several new toolbar buttons in your LabVIEW Project window so you can access VI Tester’s most common features right from your LabVIEW projects.
VI Tester's Project Toolbar

  • The ability to export your test results to a text file and/or print them.



We’re excited by the community’s response to VI Tester.  We hope you find the new features in VI Tester 1.1 as useful as we do!


How to get VI Tester


VI Tester is available on the VI Package Network.  If you’re already a VI Package Manager user, just click the “Check the VI Package Network for Available Packages” button in the VIPM window.  VIPM will notify you that VI Tester is available, and you can simply tell VIPM to download & install it for you.


Check the VI Package Network for Available Packages


If you’re not already a VI Package Manager user, what are you waiting for?  VI Package Manager lets you take control of your reusable VIs, and is also the best way to put all the great tools from JKI Labs, OpenG.org, and the whole VI Package Network into your palettes!


For more information about VI Tester, visit jkisoft.com/vi-tester.




View the full article]]> Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:38:37 -0600 JKI Software JKI Software JKI Software http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php?showtopic=1026&view=findpost&p=2179 Bay Area LabVIEW User Group Meeting on 2009-02-18 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JkiNewsAndUpdates/~3/Y_uSUTM3boQ/index.php LabVIEW User Group Meeting at the NI Mountain View office.


Jim Kring and Omar Mussa will be giving a demo of JKI’s new VI Tester and talking about ways to improve your software quality via unit testing. 


For more details, see the meeting agenda page.


We hope to see you there!




View the full article]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:05:17 -0600 JKI Software JKI Software JKI Software http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php?showtopic=1015&view=findpost&p=2122 JKI Announces VI Tester Release in JKI Labs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JkiNewsAndUpdates/~3/T8JEWknGWEg/index.php JKI Labs release of VI Tester, a software test framework for LabVIEW that allows programmers to test their VIs (code) during the development process.





Software testing is a critical component of agile development and test driven development software engineering processes — it is also critical for validating software functionality. VI Tester is based on the industry standard xUnit software test architecture that is used in many other programming languages — this architecture is very flexible and powerful, but also very easy for beginners to learn.


For more information about VI Tester, visit jkisoft.com/vi-tester




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