Custom Icon Editor

The Icon Editor like many other elements in the LabVIEW IDE are programmed in G. However, the Icon Editor is distributed as a 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 PPL replacement.

Getting the Source

You can get the source from the Enhanced Icon Editor forum. It will also be included here for accessibility:

• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2012
• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2013
• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2014
• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2015
• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2016
• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2017
• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2018
• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2019
• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2020
• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2021
• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2022 Q3
• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2023 Q1
• Icon Editor Source for LabVIEW 2024 Q1

To Install

To install the code, do the following:

1. Rename [LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\plugins\lv_icon.lvlibp, the shipping icon editor, to lv_icon.lvlibp.ship to "hide" it.
2. Archive [LabVIEW 20xx]\vi.lib\LabVIEW Icon API to preserve the shipping copy. Use your archive program of choice (e.g. 7-Zip).
3. Open the attached ZIP file and copy the two directories into your [LabVIEW 20xx] directory. This installs the code into [LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\plugins\lv_icon.vi with associated support files.