Navigating the LabVIEW SignalExpress Environment

The LabVIEW SignalExpress environment consists of views that display various types of information. The primary view appears in the middle of the application window and contains tabs in the default layout. Each tab has a unique functionality, such as displaying data, configuring steps, or documenting projects. The primary view is surrounded by supplementary views that, unless you close the views, are always visible. Supplementary views include the Project View, which you use to build projects, the Context Help window, which displays information about tabs and steps, and the Channel View, which displays configurable items such as hardware devices and shared variables. The Toolbox and Properties windows also are supplementary views.

Note  When you first launch LabVIEW SignalExpress, the Data View tab appears in the primary view, and the Project View and the Context Help window appear as supplementary views. If LabVIEW SignalExpress detects hardware devices or shared variables, the Channel View also appears. However, you can customize the LabVIEW SignalExpress environment to display any view in any location.

Menus and toolbar buttons appear across the top of the LabVIEW SignalExpress environment. Use the menus and toolbar buttons to manage files, access steps, run projects, record logs, modify the environment, and access help. For example, you can use the View menu to display views in LabVIEW SignalExpress.