Action to Build PPLs in Windows and Linux

[KSharma-NI]

Summary

• Adds actions to build PPL given a project, optionally setting the version before build.
  • For Linux, we use linux docker container to build the lvlibp.
  • For Windows (64-bit), we use windows docker because it comes with 64-bit LabVIEW.
  • For Windows (32-bit), github hosted runners are used. The action is written such that the user can provide the version and bitness, so it is not restricted to using a specific LabVIEW installer.

For all 3 workflows, the version is of the format Major.Minor.Build.Patch. If the version string is not available (because of any one of these 4 fields being unavailable), the version will not be updated in the build spec.

If a particular build specification is not specified, it builds all build specifications in the project. If a version is provided, it will be applied to all build specifications.

To set the version, the following VIs are used:

1. SetBuildVersionCaller.vi
   Gets the Build specification name, Project path, Target name and Version as input and then calls SetBuildVersion.vi to actually set the version in the build specs based on the version string which is split into a string array.
   If no build specification name is given, it iterates through all build specs and calls SetBuildVersion.vi to set the version for all.

2. SetBuildVersion.vi
   Sets the version based on the array of strings. It uses Set Build Specification Version.vi from vi.lib folder to do so. This also needs the Build specification name, Project path and Target name. The Target Name defaults to "My Computer".

Requirement(s)

• Build lvlibp docker linux (REQ-[039])
• Build lvlibp docker windows (REQ-[040])
• Build lvlibp github hosted windows (REQ-[041])

Testing

• Tested manually:
  • Windows (64-bit):
    • No build_spec, version, target_name provided: https://github.com/KSharma-NI/labview-icon-editor/actions/runs/22997527360
    • All fields provided: https://github.com/KSharma-NI/labview-icon-editor/actions/runs/22987177833/workflow
  • Linux:
    • No build_spec, version, target_name provided: https://github.com/KSharma-NI/labview-icon-editor/actions/runs/22997527345/workflow
    • No build_spec and target_name: https://github.com/KSharma-NI/labview-icon-editor/actions/runs/22987177833/workflow
    • All fields provided: https://github.com/KSharma-NI/labview-icon-editor/actions/runs/22987177827/workflow
  • Windows (32-bit):
    • No build_spec, version, target_name provided: https://github.com/KSharma-NI/labview-icon-editor/actions/runs/23193401762
    • All fields provided: https://github.com/KSharma-NI/labview-icon-editor/actions/runs/23207094256/job/67445433396

[crossrulz]

Summary

• Adds actions to build PPL given a project, optionally setting the version before build.

  • For Linux, we use linux docker container to build the lvlibp.
  • For Windows (64-bit), we use windows docker because it comes with 64-bit LabVIEW.
  • For Windows (32-bit), github hosted runners are used.

I was told by Greg Richardson the LabVIEW docker images had 32-bit and 64-bit LabVIEW installed. You just had to point to C:\Program Files... or C:\Program Files (x86)...