View source for LabVIEW Project Library

A '''LabVIEW Project Library''' is a file with extension, ''[[LVLIB File Extension|*.lvlib]]''.  It is an XML file that stores information about the files owned by the library.  The [[Project Explorer]] is used to view and edit these files. It is not recommended to edit the XML directly.  

A LabVIEW Project Library is different than the [[LabVIEW Library]] that has the extension, ''[[LLB File Extension|*.llb]]''.  [[LabVIEW Library|LabVIEW Libraries]] are single files on disk that contain other files in it; whereas the LabVIEW Project Library does not contain the files it owns.  Its files exist separately on disk.

== Project Items ==
Inside of a LabVIEW Project Library, there are many types of [[ProjectItem]]s.  A full list of [[ProjectItem]] can be viewed on the [[ProjectItem]]s page.  

== Nested Libraries ==
LabVIEW Project Libraries can hold other LabVIEW Project Libraries, [[LabVIEW Class|LabVIEW Classes]], [[LabVIEW StateChart|LabVIEW StateChart Libraries]], and [[XControl]]s.  When other Libraries are added to a LabVIEW Project Library, only the Library file itself is referenced in the LabVIEW Project Library file.  This is helpful because adding to or modifying a Library won't necessitate a change to the LabVIEW Project Library file and wouldn't require the file to be updated in [[Source Code Control]].

== See Also ==
* [[Library class]]
* [[LVLIB File Extension]]
* [[LabVIEW Library]]

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