Where to find a tutorial for clusters and bundling by name?

[rjhinton]

I have a huge vi. I need data to flow from one multistep loop to another.  I want to make it a subvi for another vi, but there are too many connections for it to be created.
The help error suggests i use some clusters.
I would like to view some basic examples and tutorials of bundling by name, etc.
However, I need to see the values in the cluster and sometimes edit them.

Any suggestions?
Thanks
Randall

[smercurio_fc]

Have you tried the LabVIEW manual, or the tutorial that comes with LabVIEW, or the examples that ship with LabVIEW, or one of the tutorials that exist on community sites?

[rjhinton]

Thanks for the suggestion.
Ultimately, I purchased Labview for Everyone 3rd ed by Jeff Travis.

One more question though. Can I modifiy a subvi connection after it is created? Such as adding another indicator.

[Johnner]

It sounds to me as if you should look into Type Definitions (aka Typedefs) in LabVIEW, starting with the manual or the online help.  When a typedef is passed into and out of a subVI and a new element is added to it, you don't need to make any changes to the subVI connections.

With regard to your question, though: yes, you can modify subVI connector blocks after they are initially created, but it becomes very painful if you have a lot of instances of the subVI, because you have to update a lot of wiring.

Good luck,
John