LabVIEW addons
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There are many ways to extend the LabVIEW IDE.
What is extendable?
- Templates
- Right-Click Menus
- Quick-Drop
Where do things go?
VI Templates (show up in the "New..." dialog)
[LabVIEW 20xx]\templates
Project Templates
[LabVIEW 20xx]\ProjectTemplates
Icon Templates
[LabVIEW Data]\Icon Templates
Icon Glyphs
[LabVIEW Data]\Glyphs
Custom error files
[LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\errors
[LabVIEW 20xx]\project\errors
[LabVIEW 20xx]\user.lib\errors
Quick Drop plugins
version-specific: [LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\dialog\QuickDrop\plugins
version-agnostic: [LabVIEW Data]\Quick Drop Plugins
VI Analyzer Tests
version-specific: [LabVIEW 20xx]\project\_VI Analyzer\_tests
version-agnostic: [LabVIEW Data]\VI Analyzer Tests
VI Analyzer Custom Configurations
Assuming this refers to .cfg/.viancfg files, they can go anywhere
Custom Probes
version-specific: [LabVIEW 20xx]\user.lib\_probes
version-specific: [LabVIEW 20xx]\vi.lib\_probes
version-agnostic: [LabVIEW Data]\Probes
[LabVIEW 20xx]\project
XNodes
Assuming this refers to any arbitrary .xnode file, they can go anywhere
[LabVIEW 20xx]\wizard
Custom Menus (control / function Palettes)
[LabVIEW 20xx]\menus (product palettes)
[LabVIEW Data]\20xx(xx-bit)\Palettes (user edits to palettes)
Menus (Right-Click)
version-specific: [LabVIEW 20xx]\resource\plugins\PopupMenus
version-agnostic: [LabVIEW Data]\PopupMenus