SystemLink Web Interface Template

Creating a SystemLink Web Application

• Copy the Web Server\htdocs and Web Server\conf folders and files to your Skyline web server C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\Web Server
• Modify conf\htpriv.d\webvi_plugin.xml to change the name of your application and permissions in the NI Web Server Configuration utility.
• Modify htdocs\plugins\webvi_plugin\resources\json\locales\en.json to change the display name of your web application as shown in the web interface
• We use font awesome http://fontawesome.io/icons/ by default for SWIF icons and you can modify htdocs\plugins\webvi_plugin\config.json to use a different icon.
• Replace htdocs\plugins\webvi_plugin\index.html with your application or modify htdocs\plugins\webvi_plugin\config.json if you need to launch a page other than index.html
• From the Windows Start menu on your server launch the NI Web Server Configuration utility. Click on the Control tab and then Restart the Web Server.

Defining a Custom Icon

• Add the icon image file to htdocs\plugins\webvi_plugin\resources\images.
• Modify htdocs\plugins\webvi_plugin\resources\css\webvi_plugin.css to use the new icon.
• Modify htdocs\plugins\webvi_plugin\config.json to use the new icon class.

Deploying a WebVI

• Build your application with LabVIEW
• Copy the exported files and folders to the htdocs\plugins\webvi_plugin folder
• Modify htdocs\plugins\webvi_plugin\config.json if your application is something other than index.html
• Restart the Web Server

TODO

• Create a script to uniquify the plugin to make it easier to create multiple plugins