Rebranded from MGI to LSI (Closes #1)

Author: AndreaV-Lsi

AF Message Maker.lvproj

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 		<Property Name="server.vi.propertiesEnabled" Type="Bool">true</Property>
 		<Property Name="specify.custom.address" Type="Bool">false</Property>
 		<Item Name="Tests" Type="Folder">
+			<Item Name="AF Message Maker Tests.lvproj" Type="Document" URL="../Tests/AF Message Maker Tests.lvproj"/>
 			<Item Name="Test Actor 1.lvlib" Type="Library" URL="../Tests/Test Actor 1/Test Actor 1.lvlib"/>
 			<Item Name="Test Actor 2.lvlib" Type="Library" URL="../Tests/Test Actor 2/Test Actor 2.lvlib"/>
 			<Item Name="Test Interface.lvlib" Type="Library" URL="../Tests/Test Interface/Test Interface.lvlib"/>
@@ -32,10 +33,10 @@
 			<Item Name="Post-Uninstall Custom Action.vi" Type="VI" URL="../VIPM/Post-Uninstall Custom Action.vi"/>
 			<Item Name="Pre-Install Custom Action.vi" Type="VI" URL="../VIPM/Pre-Install Custom Action.vi"/>
 		</Item>
+		<Item Name="LSI AF Message Maker.vi" Type="VI" URL="../LSI AF Message Maker.vi"/>
 		<Item Name="Message Maker.lvclass" Type="LVClass" URL="../Message Maker/Message Maker.lvclass"/>
 		<Item Name="Message Template Interface.lvclass" Type="LVClass" URL="../Template Interface/Message Template Interface.lvclass"/>
 		<Item Name="Message Template.lvclass" Type="LVClass" URL="../Template/Message Template.lvclass"/>
-		<Item Name="MGI AF Message Maker.vi" Type="VI" URL="../MGI AF Message Maker.vi"/>
 		<Item Name="Save for 2020.vi" Type="VI" URL="../Save for 2020.vi"/>
 		<Item Name="Dependencies" Type="Dependencies">
 			<Item Name="vi.lib" Type="Folder">

LSI AF Message Maker.vi

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# An enhanced Actor Framework Message Maker!
+
+Key improvements over NI's Actor Framework Message Maker:
+
+* Ability to update already built messages
+* New message icons
+* Send Message VI gets its description from the message VI
+
+
+To use the tool open a your project then select "Tools"->"LSI Actor Framework Message Maker". Next select the methods you'd like to create messages for and click "Build/Update Selected Messages"
+
+The actor framework message maker supplied by NI has two important limitations:
+1. If you changed the message VI, you had to manually fix the message class
+2. A lot of block diagram readability is lost because of the plain "Send Message" VIs, and it takes a lot of time to go in and change the icons and descriptions.
+
+This new message maker aims to fix both of these issues. 
+
+First, you can update messages. The message maker automatically detects which messages are out of date, and the user just has to click a button. 
+
+Next, readability. There were two main things that a message needed to significantly increase block diagram readability. First, it needs a good icon. The icon should clearly show that it's a message, but also tell you what the message does. To do this, we steal parts of the icon from your source code to create a distinct and helpful icon. Second, it needs a good VI description. This is again stolen from the message VI. Now you can look at a block diagram, mouse over things, and get a good idea of what your actor code is doing.

MGI Actor Framework Message Maker.vipb LSI Actor Framework Message Maker.vipbMGI Actor Framework Message Maker.vipb renamed to LSI Actor Framework Message Maker.vipb

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<Project Type="Project" LVVersion="23008000">
+	<Property Name="NI.LV.All.SourceOnly" Type="Bool">true</Property>
+	<Item Name="My Computer" Type="My Computer">
+		<Property Name="server.app.propertiesEnabled" Type="Bool">true</Property>
+		<Property Name="server.control.propertiesEnabled" Type="Bool">true</Property>
+		<Property Name="server.tcp.enabled" Type="Bool">false</Property>
+		<Property Name="server.tcp.port" Type="Int">0</Property>
+		<Property Name="server.tcp.serviceName" Type="Str">My Computer/VI Server</Property>
+		<Property Name="server.tcp.serviceName.default" Type="Str">My Computer/VI Server</Property>
+		<Property Name="server.vi.callsEnabled" Type="Bool">true</Property>
+		<Property Name="server.vi.propertiesEnabled" Type="Bool">true</Property>
+		<Property Name="specify.custom.address" Type="Bool">false</Property>
+		<Item Name="Test Actor 1.lvlib" Type="Library" URL="../Test Actor 1/Test Actor 1.lvlib"/>
+		<Item Name="Test Actor 2.lvlib" Type="Library" URL="../Test Actor 2/Test Actor 2.lvlib"/>
+		<Item Name="Test Interface.lvlib" Type="Library" URL="../Test Interface/Test Interface.lvlib"/>
+		<Item Name="Dependencies" Type="Dependencies">
+			<Item Name="vi.lib" Type="Folder">
+				<Item Name="Actor Framework.lvlib" Type="Library" URL="/&lt;vilib&gt;/ActorFramework/Actor Framework.lvlib"/>
+				<Item Name="Error Cluster From Error Code.vi" Type="VI" URL="/&lt;vilib&gt;/Utility/error.llb/Error Cluster From Error Code.vi"/>
+				<Item Name="Get LV Class Name.vi" Type="VI" URL="/&lt;vilib&gt;/Utility/LVClass/Get LV Class Name.vi"/>
+				<Item Name="High Resolution Relative Seconds.vi" Type="VI" URL="/&lt;vilib&gt;/Utility/High Resolution Relative Seconds.vi"/>
+				<Item Name="NI_SystemLogging.lvlib" Type="Library" URL="/&lt;vilib&gt;/Utility/SystemLogging/NI_SystemLogging.lvlib"/>
+				<Item Name="Time-Delay Override Options.ctl" Type="VI" URL="/&lt;vilib&gt;/ActorFramework/Time-Delayed Send Message/Time-Delay Override Options.ctl"/>
+			</Item>
+			<Item Name="AF Debug.lvlib" Type="Library" URL="/&lt;resource&gt;/AFDebug/AF Debug.lvlib"/>
+			<Item Name="LV Config Read String.vi" Type="VI" URL="/&lt;resource&gt;/dialog/lvconfig.llb/LV Config Read String.vi"/>
+			<Item Name="systemLogging.dll" Type="Document" URL="systemLogging.dll">
+				<Property Name="NI.PreserveRelativePath" Type="Bool">true</Property>
+			</Item>
+		</Item>
+		<Item Name="Build Specifications" Type="Build"/>
+	</Item>
+</Project>