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Book 2 “Abstraction”, that is, removing complexity in the top layer of a LabVIEW diagram by building Abstracted Message Driven LV Components.

This shows how to build Message driven (Test Verbs) Abstracted named (noun) Components that are safe & robust. It also leads to better cohension of course and no/low coupling.

So only one diagram programming step adjusting the Type Def Cluster constant is required for this step. Next time you re/start the program, the expanded cluster with the new data will automatically appear in the section of your program. The wire from the file read and unflatten from string section will now contain the new constants.

You do not have to add or change anything in the diagram to make this happen. The program automatically knows the shape and structure of the new cluster loaded via the cluster local variable that will have expanded to include the new constants and this gives the shape to the file read and unflatten from string module.

Both books are expansive, yet simple and this information is not often seen in other LabVIEW information. Using these methods will simplify design and development plus stabilise your programs and it even make installs easier. Updating and expanding then follows a standard pattern already in the program design.

Also these methods delineates Public and Private data clearly.

Once you have built a program using this LCOP method, if at any point you want to add or delete constants to any of your components cluster constants, maybe just add one more constant or truly expand the calibration to include a whole new sensor set or add more paths etc, just expand the type def for the constant data clusters and make the new entries. These entries can be any data type or grahical data type. Once this new type def cluster is saved, it will automatically appear in the Constant Data Editor TAB Selector . Enter your new data into the new constants and the editor will save this new set of constants for that cluster that has been expanded.