06-28-2010 04:52 PM
Even though Quick Drop was released in LabVIEW 8.6, I used LabVIEW 8.5 to write my original prototype. So naturally, as people have found out about this (see here), they have requested that I make my prototype available so they can have Quick Drop functionality in LabVIEW 8.5. Well, the wait is over. Follow the steps below to add Quick Drop functionality to LabVIEW 8.5.:
Note 1: With this prototype, Quick Drop replaces the Tools > Measurement and Automation Explorer menu option functionality. To restore the old functionality of this menu item (and also uninstall Quick Drop in 8.5), follow these steps:
Note 2: Before anybody asks, I cannot backsave this prototype to older LabVIEW versions. There is functionality that Quick Drop requires that was not present in LabVIEW 8.2 and previous.
Note 3: The object name list stored in the Quick Drop 8.5 prototype is static, so many VIs and functions that are available in your installed modules/toolkits may not appear in Quick Drop 8.5.
06-29-2010 01:30 AM
If you want the functionality in older versions, I suggest you go here.
This has some differences compared to QD (some of them improvements, IMO), but will work with any version from 7.0 and up.