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AsciiDoc for LabVIEW by Wovalab - Toolkit for LabVIEW Download

This toolkit provides a set of vis that help you builds text output using AsciiDoc syntax and render adoc file as PDF or HTML5 files.

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Version	1.12.0.485
Released	May 08, 2026
Publisher	Wovalab
License	BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
LabVIEW Version	LabVIEW>=14.0
Operating System	Windows, Mac, and Linux
Used By	wovalab_lib_antidoc wovalab_lib_antidoc_add_on_labview_toolkit_documentation wovalab_lib_antidoc_cli pantherlab_lib_panther_dashboard wovalab_lib_antidoc_add_on_labview_project_documentation wovalab_lib_antidoc_add_on_teststand
Project links	Homepage Documentation Repository Discussion

Description

This toolkit provides a set of vis that helps you builds plain-text file using asciidoc syntax.
It now provides all the tool needed to generate the HTML5 or PDF final document you always dream to get from your LabVIEW applications.

= What is AsciiDoc ?

AsciiDoc is two things:

. A mature, plain-text writing format for authoring notes, articles, documentation, books, ebooks, web pages, slide decks, blog posts, man pages, and more.

. A text processor and toolchain for translating AsciiDoc documents into various formats (called backends), including HTML, DocBook, PDF, and ePub.

More information here https://asciidoctor.org/docs/what-is-asciidoc/#what-is-asciidoc

NOTE: This product description is written with asciidoc syntax ;)

Release Notes

1.12.0.485 (May 08, 2026)

== New features:

* Update the embedded offline Ruby Instance to provide a new ruby version and the latest available Asciidoctor toolchain gems --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/work_items/101
* Add a new API function to test the availability of the Kroki server --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/work_items/103
* Diagram bloc now handles the target attribute to allow the addition of a prefix on the file generated --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/work_items/106

== Changes:

* Make Ruby API functions public --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/work_items/100
* The diagram bloc creation function can now handle any kind of diagram --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/work_items/102
* Add an option to only check the Asciidoctor gem with the `Check Asciidoctor Toolchain Installation` function to allow correct behavior with a lighter toolchain install --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/work_items/104
* The example has been improved to make it easier to generate a PDF/HTML file --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/work_items/105

wovalab was a contributor to this release

1.11.2.464 (Feb 06, 2026)

== Fix

* Prevents the appearance of a rare error dialog box when installing this toolkit alongside other Wovalab toolkits when automatic error handling is enabled in your LabVIEW options.

wovalab and olivier_jourdan were contributors to this release

1.11.1.459 (Feb 02, 2026)

== Changes

* VIs inlined for excution time performance increase https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/97 [#97]

wovalab and olivier_jourdan were contributors to this release

1.11.0.445 (Oct 14, 2025)

Beta

== New features:

* Add offline Asciidoctor toolchain installation support https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/45[#45]
* The Check for Asciidoctor toolchain function can now test custom path installation https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/94[#94]

== Changes

* The example provided is now clearly reporting rendering errors https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/93[#93]
* A dialog is displayed at the end of the installation to encourage people to give kudos on vipm.io or donate through Patreon if they like the toolkit https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/95[#95]

wovalab and olivier_jourdan were contributors to this release

1.10.2.414 (Sep 18, 2025)

== Fix

* Custom Kroki server are now correctly set up (https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/92)

wovalab and olivier_jourdan were contributors to this release

1.10.1.408 (May 20, 2025)

== Fix

* Fix an issue when upgrading code containing the Check For Toolchain Update function (https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/89)

olivier_jourdan and wovalab were contributors to this release

1.10.0.402 (May 02, 2025)

== New

* Add Asciidoctor toolchain installation on Linux (https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/87)
* Add new attributes to customize section rendering for the HTML format (https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/31)

== Changes

* Make the SSL checking handling more robust (https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/86)

olivier_jourdan , leahmedwards and wovalab were contributors to this release

1.9.0.378 (Aug 17, 2024)

=== New

* Add an helper function to replace html tags (bold, italic, and underline) with Asciidoc syntax -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/84
* Add an option to disable SSL validation when rendering an adoc file -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/85

olivier_jourdan , ebersoft and wovalab were contributors to this release

1.8.1.364 (Sep 12, 2023)

=== Changes

* Remove a limitation preventing building tables with empty cells -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/79

=== Fixes

* Fix rendering command line failing on Linux when applying a custom theme for PDF -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/80

wovalab and olivier_jourdan were contributors to this release

1.8.0.359 (Aug 15, 2023)

== New features:

. Support of custom Asciidoctor toolchain install -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/49
. Support for custom attributes for blocs -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/70
. Use the default app associated with PDF and HTML to open the rendered files -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/76

== Changes

. Installation on any other OS but Windows is now working without error -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/74

NOTE: Asciidoctor toolchain install and rendering is not directly supported on Linux and Windows

== Fixes

. You can now render a document containing special characters in its file name -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/63
. Error in the rendering is no more generating a LabVIEW error. The errors are detailed in a specific output -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/72

wovalab , olivier_jourdan and antoinechalons were contributors to this release

1.7.1.309 (Mar 29, 2023)

This version brings you a few fixes related to the Asciidoctor toolchain.

=== Fixes

. The Asciidoctor toolchain install process is now more robust -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/67
. The Asciidoctor toolchain installation check is now more robust -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/68

wovalab was a contributor to this release

1.7.0.304 (Mar 23, 2023)

== New features:

. Add option to theme the PDF rendered -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/50
. The package now installs the Asciidoctor toolchain only if needed (fresh install or update) -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/52
. New function to test if a toolchain update is available -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/53
. You can now set optional attributes when rendering an adoc file -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/62
. Add a function to add a Preambles block in a document -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/64

== Changes

. Allow complex content in admonition bloc -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/60
. Add paragraph alignment option -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/65
. Add image alignment option -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/66

== Fixes

. The subsection level no longer restarts to level 1 when there are too many subsection levels -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/59

wovalab and olivier_jourdan were contributors to this release

1.6.0.52 (Sep 06, 2022)

This new release provides three new blocs for data visualisation:
* Line chart
* Grouped bar chart
* Radar chart

== New feature:
. Radar chart bloc --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/56
. Bar chart bloc --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/57
. Line chart bloc --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/58

olivier_jourdan was a contributor to this release

1.5.1.47 (Jul 08, 2022)

Maintenance release

== Change:
. Generate an error when asciidoctor toolchain rendering fails --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/44
. Improve error reporting on toolchain installation --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/48

==Fix
. Handle UTF8 conversion when generating output from a section --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/40
. Stop using attributes for image path --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/46
. Change Asciidoctor Toolchain destination folder --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/47

olivier_jourdan and wovalab were contributors to this release

1.5.0.43 (Jun 08, 2022)

This release provides the way to generate HTML5 or PDF from any adoc file.
This toolkit is a perfect alternative to MS Word to create beautiful reports in your LabVIEW applications.

== New:
. Provide a function to silently install asciidoctor toolchain locally --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/39
. Provide a function to render final document from an adoc file --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/40

wovalab and olivier_jourdan were contributors to this release

1.4.0.38 (Feb 01, 2022)

IMPORTANT NOTE: One public function has been renamed to fix spelling in its name. "Crerate include directive” is now called “Create include directive". If you call this function in one of your codes, you will need to relink it to the new one.

== New:
. Add support for nested table and advanced content in table --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/35
. Add description to the public fucntions --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/35

== Fix:
. Problem with "Format Text.vi" if the input string begins or ends with a space character --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/17
. Images dont get rendered if the "alt text" input is an empty string --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/36

olivier_jourdan was a contributor to this release

1.3.0.33 (Dec 21, 2020)

== New:
. Handle column formating in tables --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/34
. Handle table attributes --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/33
. Handle TOC position for HTML5 output --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/29
. Handle document revision number, date and remark --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/32
. Add accessor to get sections contain in a subsection --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/30

wovalab was a contributor to this release

1.2.1.31 (Sep 09, 2020)

This a maintenance release

== Changes:
. Ouptut string encoding set to UTF-8 --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/27
. If needed for recording the output in a file, folder arborescence is created --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/28

== Bug Fix :
. Rendering issue when paragraph is empty --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/14

wovalab was a contributor to this release

1.2.0.30 (Jul 10, 2020)

== New features:
. Add Diagram bloc --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/22
. Add function to add custom attributes not directly handle by the toolkit --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/26
. Handle Doctype property --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/25

== Changes:
. Email information added to Author --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/23
NOTE: This change breaks public toolkit interface. You will have to modify existing code after update
. Wovalab_lib_AsciiDoctor library is no more installed in Sources folder

== Bug Fix :
. Document header was ill formed when Autors array was empty --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/24

wovalab was a contributor to this release

1.1.0.18 (Apr 10, 2020)

== New features:
. Add polymorphic capability to append content (bloc and section) --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/9
. Add function to generate output for sections (skip the document header) --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/19
. Add function to import content from another file into the current document (include directive) --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/20
. Add toc levels attribute --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/18
. Add numbering section attribute --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/-/issues/11

== Changes:
. Natural section level handling --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/issues/12
. Section vi icon --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/issues/10
. New Attributes palette functions

== Bug Fix :
. Remove useless folder in package --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/issues/13
. Improve image path handling --> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/asciidoc-toolkit/issues/15