Template:Infobox

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Parameters

The following table provides a list of available parameters. Since the infobox is general-purpose, not all parameters must be used.

Parameter	Description
category (required)	The category the object fits into. Valid choices are: "node", "palette", "presentation", "conference", "person".
icon (required)	The icon representing the object. This is only necessary for categories "node", "palette", "presentation", and "conference".
name	The name of the object. Default is the page name.
requires	The required software to use the object. This is only necessary for categories "node" and "palette".
status	The status of the node. Valid choices are: "deprecated".
nocategory	Suppress assignment to categories (e.g., when using the template on documentation pages).

Node

These parameters are only necessary if the category is "Node".

Parameter	Description
node-palette	The palette the node belongs to. Multiple palettes can be assigned using "node-palette2", "node-palette3", etc. Defaults to "None" if no palette is specified.
node-type	The type of the node. Valid choices are: "function"; "structure", "constant", "vim", "vi", "control", "express-vi", "node". The default is "node".
node-connector-pane-image	The connector pane image of the node.

Palette

These parameters are only necessary if the category is "Palette".

Parameter	Description
palette-image (required)	The image of the palette.
palette-parent (required)	The parent palette. Multiple palettes can be assigned with "palette-parent2", "palette-parent3", etc.
palette-item-<row><col>	The item on the specific row and column of the palette. For example, the top-left item is "palette-item-11", the second item on the first row is "palette-item-12" and the first item on the second row is "palette-item-21".

Presentation

These parameters are only necessary if the category is "Presentation".

Parameter	Description
presentation-conference (required)	Page name for the conference
presentation-presenter	Name of the presenter. There can be multiple presenters using "presentation-presenter2", "presentation-presenter3", etc.

Conference

These parameters are only necessary if the category is "Conference".

Parameter	Description
conference-banner (required)	Banner image for the conference
conference-date (required)	Date at which the conference takes place.
conference-url (required)	Homepage of the conference.

Person

These parameters are only necessary if the category is "Person".

Parameter	Description
person-citizenship	The person's citizenship.
person-title	The person's title. See Template:infobox/person-title for allowed values. Multiple titles can be added with person-title2, person-title3, etc.
person-certification	The person's certification. See Template:infobox/person-certification for allowed values. Multiple certifications can be added with person-certification2, person-certification3, etc.
person-years-active	The years that the person has been active (range of years, for example, 2003-present).
person-first-labview-version	The first version of LabVIEW that the person worked with.
person-application-area	The application area that the person works in. Multiple application areas can be specified with person-application-area2, person-application-area3, etc.