Hi,
see Contents and Index in Help menu (LabVIEW)
Complete the following steps to build a polymorphic VI.
1. Create two or more VIs with the same connector pane pattern. Make sure the
connector panes have corresponding input and output terminals
�if a terminal in the connector pane of one VI is an input, the corresponding
terminal on the connector pane of the other VI(s) also must be an input or it
must be unused. The same applies for output terminals. The VIs do not have to
have similar data types or similar subVIs and functions.
2. Select File�New to display the New dialog box.
3. Select the Create New radio button.
4. Select Polymorphic VI in the listbox and click the OK button to display the
Polymorphic VI dialog box.
5. Click the Add VI button to display the Choose the VI to open dialog box.
6. Select a VI to include in the polymorphic VI and click the Open button. The
VI appears at the top of the SubVIs list. This subVI determines the default
connector pane pattern for the polymorphic VI.
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to include other VIs. Any VIs that do not conform to the
default connector pane pattern appear with a broken icon. You can still save the
polymorphic VI. To change the order of the subVIs, select a subVI in the list
and click the up arrow or down arrow button.
Note Double-clicking a subVI in the SubVIs list opens the subVI.
8. Click the Edit Icon button to create an icon for the polymorphic VI.
9. Select File�Save to save the VI.
You also can remove a subVI from a polymorphic VI, edit the shortcut menu of a
polymorphic VI, and select the default instance of a polymorphic VI.
Hope it help you
Mike
James Annesley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to create a polymorphic vi. I have read the help and it says I
> should select File->new and then choose Polymorphic vi from the selection.
> Unfortunately I cannot see a 'polymorphic vi' option. I have vi, control,
> global variable, run-time menu, vi template, global variable template. There
> is also an option 'start from template' and there no mention of
> 'polymorphic vi' here either.
> I am using labview 6.02 on win nt 4.0 sp 4
> So how do I do it?
>
> Thanks
>
> James
