front panel template

[stalky]

Hi,

I've a question that

I've an application with a series of video pages and I would like to create a template of the front panel. This in the way that every modification I will do on the template will be visible on all the video pages.

Actually I’m using the version 7 of LV and I do not find how to do it.

The questions are: is this possible in any LV version or with some LV tool? If yes which? If not someone have some idea of how go over this problem?

Thanks and sorry for my English, if something is not clear I will try to explain it better.

Stalky

[AlessioD]

Hi Stalky,

there is an option in LabVIEW to build up your own VI starting from a VI Template. LabVIEW also offers users an option to create VI Templates on which they are going to base their own code.

This is documented in the LabVIEW User Manual you can find on your machine. As a reference you can also look up these Web Pages that have been created as a quick reference to users:

VI Templates Explained

VI Templates: Online Example

In your specific situation, though, I believe what you are looking for is not actually Templates. Templates are the starting point from which you develop your VI which is going to have a predefined structure.

What you need to do is customizing Front Panel Controls and save them as "Typedef". This allows you to apply changes only to the Typedef-Control (a .ctl file) and automatically update all the instances of this control that have been placed on your Application User Interface.
Find some more details about this topic on Customize Controls in LabVIEW

Regards,

AlessioD
National Instruments