Properties dialog

The Properties dialog is accessed by right-clicking on any element on the Front Panel or Block Diagram and then selecting Properties. Depending on the type of the object different tabs are shown. Also, many tabs have two subpanels that contain different controls based on the data type.

Possible Property Dialog Pages

ID	Page Title	Possible Pages and Objects
0	Appearance	PropPage_ColorBoxAppearance.vi: ColorBox Control (7) PropPage_BooleanAppearance.vi: Boolean Control (8) PropPage_PathAppearance.vi: Path Control (11) PropPage_TabularAppearance.vi: ListBox Control (12), Table Control (13) PropPage_ArrayAppearance.vi: Array Control (14) PropPage_NumericAppearance.vi: Digital Control (18) PropPage_SliderAppearance.vi: Slide Control (21) PropPage_GraphAppearance.vi: WaveformChart Control (23), WaveformGraph Control (24)
1	Data Type	PropPage_DataType.vi: Digital Control (18), Slide Control (21) PropPage_NumericDataType.vi: ColorRamp Control (20)
2	Data Entry	PropPage_DataRange.vi: Digital Control (18), ColorRamp Control (20), Slide Control (21)
3	Scale	PropPage_Scale.vi: Slide Control (21)
4	Display Format	PropPage_FormatAndPrecision.vi: Digital Control (18), ColorRamp Control (20), Slide Control (21), WaveformChart Control (23), WaveformGraph Control (24)
5	Common Styles
6	Plots	PropPage_Plots.vi: WaveformChart Control (23), WaveformGraph Control (24)
7	Scales	PropPage_Scales.vi: WaveformChart Control (23), WaveformGraph Control (24)
8	Cursors	PropPage_Cursors.vi: WaveformGraph Control (24)
9	Operation	PropPage_BooleanAct.vi: Boolean Control (8)
10	Filtering
11	Text Labels	PropPage_RingEditor.vi: Slide Control (21)
12	Browse Options	PropPage_BrowseOption.vi: Path Control (11)
13	Size	PropPage_ArraySize.vi: Array Control (14)
14	Documentation	PropPage_Documentation.vi: Control (6), ColorBox Control (7), Boolean Control (8), RefNum Control (9), LVVariant Control (10), Path Control (11), ListBox Control (12), Table Control (13), Array Control (14), Picture Control(15), ActiveXContainer Control (16), Digital Control (18), ColorRamp Control (20), Slide Control (21), WaveformChart Control (23), WaveformGraph Control (24)
15	Data Binding	PropPage_FPB.vi: Control (6), ColorBox Control (7), Boolean Control (8), LVVariant Control (10), Path Control (11), ListBox Control (12), Table Control (13), Array Control (14), Digital Control (18), ColorRamp Control (20), Slide Control (21), WaveformChart Control (23), WaveformGraph Control (24)
16	Key Navigation	PropPage_KeyNav.vi: Control (6), ColorBox Control (7), Boolean Control (8), RefNum Control (9), LVVariant Control (10), Path Control (11), ListBox Control (12), Table Control (13), Array Control (14), Picture Control(15), Digital Control (18), ColorRamp Control (20), Slide Control (21), WaveformChart Control (23), WaveformGraph Control (24)
17	Security	PropPage_FPSecurity.vi: Control (6), ColorBox (7), Boolean (8), RefNum Control (9), LVVariant Control (10), Path Control (11), ListBox Control (12), Table Control (13), Array Control (14), Digital Control (18), ColorRamp Control (20), Slide Control (21), WaveformChart Control (23), WaveformGraph Control (24)
18	Output Configuration
19	Fixed-Point Word Length Reduction
20	XNode Property Page 1
21	XNode Property Page 2
22	XNode Property Page 3
23	XNode Property Page 4
24	XNode Property Page 5
25	XNode Property Page 6
26	XNode Property Page 7
27	XNode Property Page 8
28	XNode Property Page 9
29	XNode Property Page 10
30	Configuration
31	Background

Custom Property Pages

The tabs are pre-set and the names on them cannot be changed. However, a tab that is shown can be overridden or a tab that wouldn't normally be shown can be overridden and made to be shown. To do this follow these steps:

1. Create your VI and save it at: [LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\PropertyPages\Pages\PropPage_[your unique name].vi
   1. Ensure the VI has the standard 4x2x2x4 connector pane.
   2. Create a boolean indicator called OKtoQuit and connect it to [2] (or the second one down on the right, a.k.a. outputs).
   3. Create a string control called QueueName. It is not connected to the connector pane but is used for a Named Queue
   4. Create an array of Generic Refnum controls called Main Ref Array In. It also is not connected to the connector pane and is the array of references to the selected objects. Only tabs that are defined for all of the selected objects are shown.
2. Goto [LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\PropertyPages and find the text file or files for the VI Server Classes you want your page to show up for. The files are named for the VI Server Class ID (for example 6 = Control, 27 = String, etc.).
   1. In the File, a line exists for each page that will appear for that class. The number is the page from the table above and the VI is the VI to appear in that page's subpanel.