saving project as a new project

[windell747]

This might be a really dumb question, but I would like to save our code as a new project as it matures so that just in case something messing up by modifying the code I can go back to the older version. Does anyone know how to do this? I know that you can save the individual file and rename it something else, but I'm worried about it linking to the project. Any suggestions?

[Greg McKaskle]

It isn't clear if you mean WindRiver project or LV project.

Either way, what you really want to save or backup is the entire thing (code, project, drawings, and everything). The easiest way to do this is to have things organized into a file hierarchy and just zip and store the zip somewhere with a really good name. One trick for this in LV is to click on the second tab in the project to see the directory view. This will show where things are located. To get LV to save off all VIs and such for an archive, you can build a build specification for a source code distribution. Personally the zip is easier and catches all other files too.

Greg McKaskle

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

It isn't clear if you mean WindRiver project or LV project.

Posting in the NI LabVIEW subforum is usually a pretty good indication that the topic is LabVIEW.


Lacking a formal revision control system, I set up a double-clickable script on the desktop that copies the project folder. The new folder name includes the date and time the backup was made. This isn't quite the same thing as saving as a new project and leaving the old one behind as a fallback option, but it has essentially the same effect, and has the benefit of not cluttering up the list of recently opened projects.

[windell747]

Thank you both for your valuable suggestions!