Note This VI Analyzer functionality is available only if you install and activate the LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit.

Select Tools»VI Analyzer»Create New Test to display the VI Analyzer Test Creator wizard.

Use the VI Analyzer Test Creator wizard to generate files for custom tests you can run in the VI Analyzer to check VIs interactively for style, efficiency, and other aspects of LabVIEW programming. Before you can run the test in the VI Analyzer, you must modify each file.

This dialog box contains the following pages and components:

Option Description
Name and Describe Test Specifies the name, description, and priority of the test, which display in the VI Analyzer - Select Tests dialog box when you select the test in the VI Analyzer.
  • Test Name—Specifies a name for the test.
  • Test Description—Provides a description of the test.
  • Test Ranking—Specifies where the results of the current test appear in the results list. Select High from the pull-down menu to have the results appears at the top of the list, Normal for the middle, and Low for the bottom.
Select Configuration Type Specifies whether the test configuration page is a VI or global VI.
  • Global-based—Specifies you want a global VI, a special VI that defines a global variable, to serve as the configuration page. National Instruments recommends you use this option if the test can use a static configuration page or needs no configuration page.
  • VI-based—Specifies you want a VI to serve as the configuration page. Select this option when you want controls on the configuration page to change based on selections the user makes.
Save Path Displays the location at which LabVIEW saves the test and finishes creating the test files.
  • Test Folder—Displays the absolute path at which LabVIEW saves the test.
  • Open test VIs upon successful creation of test—Specifies whether to launch the VIs and global VIs that make up the test.