So I have class containing an actor core which is the main GUI for my application. This is quite a busy interface and so I would like to now make a child class of this with a completely different GUI which would be suitable for a different type of user such as a technician. However if I want my child class to overwrite the parent actor core then I must call the parent on the block diagram of my new actor core but this makes no sense for what I am trying to achieve because I don’t want all the extra event structures and references that are present in my parent to spin up when I launch the child actor core. I essentially want a fresh actor to start just as the parent does when it starts.Also this vi has multiple panes so adding tabs for the new interfaces is out of the question on this one.Any help is greatly appreciated.Thanks

Let's see if I understand what you're trying to do...You have an actor that implements a complicated GUI...You want to subclass this actor's class to make another actor class, with a simpler GUI...You want the Actor Core override in the simpler GUI actor to enter its Actor Core loop without also calling its parent method, which would start the complicated GUI...Correct so far?If this is the case, then let's assume that the inheritance parent of the complicated GUI actor is "Actor.lvclass". (It could be something else, such as "State Pattern Actor.lvclass", etc., but let's assume its superclass is Actor.lvclass.)Then what you do is, just upstream on the actor object wire going into your Actor Core CPM VI, insert a "To more generic class" VI and use an instance object of the parent of the complicated GUI actor to wire to the center terminal. This re-types the actor wire as the parent of the complicated GUI actor.Then replace the CPM VI call with the Actor Core.vi of the superclass of your complicated GUI actor. This will cause the call to bypass the complicated GUI actor's Actor Core.vi override, and still run Actor Core for your simpler GUI actor.

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Jon McBee and I (he posted elsewhere in this thread) presented on SOLID for a novice audience at both NIWeek 2014 and NIWeek 2015.

Part 1 (in 2014): https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-38597

Part 2 (in 2015): https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-43395

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