Adding Comments to the Revision History

Complete the following steps to add a comment to the History window.

  1. Select Tools»VI Revision History to display the History window.
  2. Enter a description of important changes into the Comment text box near the top of the window. Leave the History window open while you edit a VI so you can append information to the Comment text box every time you make changes.
  3. Click the Add button to manually add a comment to the History window. If the Comment text box includes a comment, LabVIEW automatically adds it to the history when you save the VI.

After you add a comment, it is a permanent part of the history. You cannot rewrite the VI history.

Note  Unless you select the Record History Comments Generated by LabVIEW on the Revision History page of the VI Properties dialog box or in the Revision History page of the Options dialog box, history comments are not created automatically. Anyone who makes changes to the VI must enter in the information and keep the history up to date.