1 Million LabVIEW Add-On Downloads from VI Package Manager!

[Will_S.]

Help us congratulate JKI on creating such an effective tool for distributing and managing LabVIEW code! 1,000,000 LabVIEW Add-On downloads! The LabVIEW Tools Network takes advantage of this application as well as NI Systems Engineering.

VI Package Manager is a software configuration management tool written in LabVIEW by JKI. It is used to simplify code sharing and reuse by automatically installing palettes and placing code contents in the appropriate locations on disk instead of requiring the user to manually unzip files or build heavy installers. It is an incredibly popular distribution mechanism and is becoming the standard for LabVIEW development teams. It is the preferred distribution mechanism chosen for delivering software from the LabVIEW Tools Network.

VI Package Manager can be accessed directly from the LabVIEW 2011 environment by going to Tools » Find Add-Ons… It is also available from the LabVIEW Tools Network here.

What was the millionth download? You probably guessed: OpenG Libraries. But I'll let JKI tell the rest of the story on their blog.