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The CTL File Extension (*.ctl), or Control, is the file extension of LabVIEW controls or type definitions. Controls are stored either in their parent VI or in these dedicated files. When created in a .ctl file the control can be customized and be assigned special behavior: Type Definition or Strict Type Definition.

See Control.

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-'Ctl' is the file type of LabVIEW controls. Controls are stored either ''in'' their parent vi or in dedicated files. The latter helps to define similar controls on different VIs.
+The '''CTL File Extension''' (''*.ctl''), or <u>C</u>on<u>t</u>ro<u>l</u>, is the file extension of LabVIEW controls or type definitions. Controls are stored either ''in'' their parent [[VI]] or in these dedicated files. When created in a ''.ctl'' file the control can be customized and be assigned special behavior: [[Type Definition]] or [[Strict Type Definition]].
-You define user-specific controls by right-clicking a control and choosing ''Advanced/Customize''. This opens the [[control editor]], where you can change the control.
+See [[Control]].
-'''Attention!''' Creating a control on a VI's [[Frontpanel]] [FP] from a specified *.ctl file copies this control into the FP, but does not maintain a link to the *.ctl file. Any changes applied to the *.ctl afterwards are not propagated to the VIs FP. Use [[Type Definition]]s instead if you need to maintain consistancy between different control instances.
+[[Category:LabVIEW file extensions]]
-==See Also==
-* [[Type Definition]]
-* [[StrictType Definition]]
-* [[control editor]]
-[[category:user interface]]