https://labviewwiki.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Custom_Icon_Editor Custom Icon Editor - Revision history 2026-05-09T15:20:35Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.0 https://labviewwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Custom_Icon_Editor&diff=32493&oldid=prev Q: /* To Install */ 2024-03-25T16:57:30Z <p><span class="autocomment">To Install</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:57, 25 March 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l20">Line 20:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 20:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To install the code, do the following:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To install the code, do the following:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Rename <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>[LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\plugins\lv_icon.lvlibp<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>, the shipping icon editor, to ''lv_icon.lvlibp.ship'' to "hide" it.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Rename <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;code&gt;</ins>[LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\plugins\lv_icon.lvlibp<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;/code&gt;</ins>, the shipping icon editor, to ''lv_icon.lvlibp.ship'' to "hide" it.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Archive <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>[LabVIEW 20xx]\vi.lib\LabVIEW Icon API<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' </del>to preserve the shipping copy.  Use your archive program of choice (e.g. 7-Zip).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Archive <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;code&gt;</ins>[LabVIEW 20xx]\vi.lib\LabVIEW Icon API<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;/code&gt; </ins>to preserve the shipping copy.  Use your archive program of choice (e.g. 7-Zip).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Open the attached ZIP file and copy the two directories into your [LabVIEW 20xx] directory.  This <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">installs </del>the code <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">into ''</del>[LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\plugins\lv_icon.vi<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' with </del>associated support files.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Open the attached ZIP file and copy the two directories into your [LabVIEW 20xx] directory.  This <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">copies over </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">main VI &lt;</ins>code<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&gt;</ins>[LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\plugins\lv_icon.vi<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;/code&gt; and all </ins>associated support files.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># If you try to run from Source, you will probably get a memory error. Open the main VI (&lt;code&gt;[LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\plugins\lv_icon.vi&lt;/code&gt;) and find the Disable Diagram Structure toward the start of the flow. Enable the disabled diagram, run it once, and then switch it back to disabled. Now the source will run both launched from the VI, Library, and Class edit Icon functions and by just running this VI for testing.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"># You can use the build spec in the provided project to re-build it as a PPL '''However, this will delete the source to avoid conflicts as part of its post-build step. BACK UP YOUR SOURCE FIRST.'''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Icon Editor]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Icon Editor]]</div></td></tr> </table> Q https://labviewwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Custom_Icon_Editor&diff=32345&oldid=prev Q: New Page 2024-03-10T23:47:59Z <p>New Page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The [[Icon Editor]] like many other elements in the [[Development Environment|LabVIEW IDE]] are programmed in [[G]]. However, the [[Icon Editor]] is distributed as a [[Packed Project Library|PPL]] and is not editable. [[NI]] has distributed the source code for the [[Icon Editor]] through the forums to allow users to modify and build their own [[Packed Project Library|PPL]] replacement.<br /> <br /> == Getting the Source ==<br /> You can get the source from the [https://forums.ni.com/t5/Enhanced-Icon-Editor/bd-p/grp-1168 Enhanced Icon Editor forum]. It will also be included here for accessibility:<br /> * [[Media:IE2012 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2012]]<br /> * [[Media:IE2013 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2013]]<br /> * [[Media:IE2014 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2014]]<br /> * [[Media:IE2015 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2015]]<br /> * [[Media:IE2016 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2016]]<br /> * [[Media:IE2017 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2017]]<br /> * [[Media:IE2018 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2018]]<br /> * [[Media:IE2019 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2019]]<br /> * [[Media:IE2020 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2020]]<br /> * [[Media:IE2021 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2021]]<br /> * [[Media:IE2022Q3 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2022 Q3]]<br /> * [[Media:IE2023Q1 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2023 Q1]]<br /> * [[Media:IE2024Q1 Source Files.zip|Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2024 Q1]]<br /> <br /> == To Install ==<br /> To install the code, do the following:<br /> <br /> # Rename &#039;&#039;[LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\plugins\lv_icon.lvlibp&#039;&#039;, the shipping icon editor, to &#039;&#039;lv_icon.lvlibp.ship&#039;&#039; to &quot;hide&quot; it.<br /> # Archive &#039;&#039;[LabVIEW 20xx]\vi.lib\LabVIEW Icon API&#039;&#039; to preserve the shipping copy. Use your archive program of choice (e.g. 7-Zip).<br /> # Open the attached ZIP file and copy the two directories into your [LabVIEW 20xx] directory. This installs the code into &#039;&#039;[LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\plugins\lv_icon.vi&#039;&#039; with associated support files.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Icon Editor]]</div> Q