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I am upgrading my applications to use the new LabVIEW 8.0.1 Pro env. I am getting used to the new App Builder features and I like what i see. However... i am having a couple of issues...
1. I now have to change build number in both my About_Dialog.vi AND in the build properties.
2. I now have to change the build number for EACH binary i build, EACH time i build.
Is there a way to, at build time, read a file to set the version string? IE. Can i have a text file that is called fileversion.txt or something and have it be read to populate the build version?
Is there a way to have a pre/post build script that can be run to set parameters/configs using the 8.0 App Builder?
The primary reason for this is that since i cannot use a command line option to build my executables, i would at least like to simplify it to be able to use a simple mouse clicker app. However the version info has to change with each build and that increases the complexity of the script 10 fold. Alternatively, is it possible to remove the version info from the binary? I like the feature a lot, but my customers are going to get confused if the about dialog says something different than the binary properties.

Hello Plexsys,
With LabVIEW 8.0, in the project explorer you can have VIs targeted to multiple devices. This is where to conditional disable structure comes into the picture. With this structure it possible at runtime to disable a section of the code depending upon the target on which this VI is running.
Besides working with multiple targets (using the Target Type symbol), you can also define your own symbol. This way a VI can behave differently when used in conjunction with different projects. You can define the symbol for a project by right clicking on the Project (in project explorer) and selecting “properties”. This way, if a specific VI is moved over from one project to the other (with a different symbol value), then it would behave differently. If a project does not contain one of the symbol values, then the default case would be executed.
You can always refer to LabVIEW help for more information on the conditional disable structure.
At this moment I don’t think that the conditional disable structure could provide you with the functionality that you are looking for.
Regards,
Chetan K
Application Engineer
National Instruments

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