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Mark_Yedinak

Allow a new member of a class to update its icon to the class template

Status: Declined
Already implemented in LabVIEW. Available in LabVIEW 2010.

At present the only way to update the icon for a new class member is to go to the class properties and copy it's icon and then paste it in the new VI's icon editor. Yes, it is possible from the class properties to assign the icon to ALL class members but that is overkill when simply adding a few new members. In addition, it causes havoc with source code control since every class member has now been modified. It would be convenient if the icon editor allowed class member to simply inherit the class icon template directly. This would save the copy/paste action as well as thrashing of the source code control system.



Mark Yedinak
Certified LabVIEW Architect
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2 Comments
Darren
Proven Zealot

Launch the Icon Editor on the new VI, and choose Edit > Import Icon from Owning Library.  I think it's been there since LabVIEW 2010.

G-Money
NI Employee (retired)
Status changed to: Declined
Already implemented in LabVIEW. Available in LabVIEW 2010.