Icon editor lock up in LV2009 for Template VIs (.VIT)

[Chris_Leyen]

I have reproduced this on two different LabVIEW 2009 installs (two different PCs).

Setup:

 - I create a VI and save it as a Template VI (.vit) and then I try to edit the icon for the .vit by right clicking on the icon and selecting "edit icon".

What happens:

 - The icon editor does not open and I cannot close the .vit.  I can still make changes to the .vit, but I cannot close the .vit without using Win Task Manager.

Any Ideas?

[Chris_Leyen]

By the way, this is LabVIEW 2009 with the f2 Patch installed.

[Andy_C.]

Hello Chris,

Thank you for the report. I have submitted a corrective action request (CAR#194720) to our R&D group and this issue will be addressed in future releases of patch/LabVIEW. By the way, I was able to use LabVIEW 8.6 without this error.

[ThSa]

Chris,

sorry for the inconvenience.

I have put a patch online which should avoid this problem. I have checked it on one of our test machines and it seems to work.

http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-6301

Thanks,

Tom

[Chris_Leyen]

ThSa,

This patch did not work for me.  I restarted LabVIEW as it suggested, since that did not work I tried a PC reboot, still no luck.

My workaround has been to save the .vit as a .vi, modify the icon, and then save as a .vit.

Thanks.

[svein]

I have exactly the same problem, and the patch did not work for me either.


Svein

[Andy_C.]

We are currently invesitigating this issue further and will address this in the near future.

[RDR]

If you double-click on the icon, the icon editor should open.  I've only reproduced the issue by using the right-click menu shortcut for the icon editor in a .vit.

To reproduce the issue:

• From a .vit right-click the icon and select "Edit Icon"

To avoid the issue:

• Double-click on the icon to open the icon editor

This appears to work on my system, any other takers?

-Bob

[Chris_Leyen]

Bob,

I just tried double-clicking on the icon and it works for me. 

Its not my habitual way of editing the icon, but its better than the work around I was using (listed previously).

Thanks,

Chris 

[svein]

Double-clicking works! I didn't know this way of opening the icon editor. It's almost too easy. So I guess I learned something new today 🙂

Svein