Properties dialog

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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.

Custom Property Pages

Configuration Files

The definition of which pages are shown is defined through a series of configuration text (.txt) files. These files are located at: LabVIEW 20xx\resource\PropertyPages. Each .txt file is named for the Class ID of the VI Server, (see VI Server Class Hierarchy. A list of config files is shown below:

Class ID VI Server Class ConfigFile Name
3 Generic class 3.txt
4 Decoration class 4.txt
5 Text class 5.txt
6 Control class 6.txt
7 ColorBox class 7.txt
8 Boolean class 8.txt
9 RefNum class 9.txt
10 LVVariant class (Variant) 10.txt
11 Path class 11.txt
12 ListBox class 12.txt
13 Table class 13.txt
14 Array 14.txt
15 Picture 15.txt
16 ActiveXContainer 16.txt
17 Numeric 17.txt
18 Digital 18.txt
19 NamedNumeric 19.txt
20 ColorRamp 20.txt
21 Slide 21.txt
22 GraphOrChart 22.txt
23 WaveformChart 23.txt
24 WaveformGraph 24.txt
25 IntensityChart 25.txt
26 IntensityGraph 26.txt
27 String 27.txt
28 IOName 28.txt
29 ComboBox 29.txt
30 Cluster 30.txt
31 Panel 31.txt
32 Knob 32.txt
33 NumWithScale 33.txt
34 Ring 34.txt
35 Enum 35.txt
36 GObject 36.txt
37 Plot 37.txt
38 Cursor 38.txt
39 NumericText 39.txt
40 Scale 40.txt
41 ColorScale 41.txt
42 GraphScale 42.txt
43 ColorGraphScale 43.txt
44 TypedRefNum 44.txt
45 OldKnobScale 45.txt
46 MCListbox 46.txt
47 MeasureData 47.txt
48 BVTag 48.txt
49 DAQName 49.txt
50 VISAName 50.txt
51 IVIName 51.txt
52 SlideScale 52.txt
54 Page 54.txt
55 TabControl 55.txt
56 ConPane 56.txt
57 DAQmx Global Channel 57.txt
58 VI Refnum 58.txt
59 App Refnum 59.txt
60 Time Stamp 60.txt
61 Digital Data 61.txt
65 SubPanel 65.txt
66 Tree 66.txt
67 Shared Variable 67.txt
68 GenClassRef class 68.txt
70 Imaq Display 70.txt
72 RadioButton 72.txt
75 Pane 75.txt
76 Splitterbar 76.txt
83 XYGraph 83.txt
90 Scrollbar 90.txt
92 MixedSignalGraph 92.txt
100 3D Picture 100.txt
102 LabVIEW Object 102.txt
121 DigitalWaveformGraph 121.txt
122 Imaq Image 122.txt
16387 PathConstant 16387.txt
16388 ArrayConstant 16388.txt
16390 DigitalNumericConstant 16390.txt
16392 StringConstant 16392.txt
16393 ClusterConstant 16393.txt
16394 FixedConstant (Inf, Pi, ...) 16394.txt
16400 Function (sin, cos, …) 16400.txt
16407 Sequence 16407.txt
16408 CaseStructure 16408.txt
16422 BooleanConstant 16422.txt
16423 BlockDiagram 16423.txt
16424 RingConstant 16424.txt
16425 EnumConstant 16425.txt
16429 Comparison (>, =, …) 16429.txt
16434 ForLoop 16434.txt
16435 WhileLoop 16435.txt
16458 EventStructure 16458.txt
16459 FlatSequence 16459.txt
16460 Shared Variable Constant 16460.txt
16461 AbsTimeConstant 16461.txt
16466 ComboBoxConstant 16466.txt
16467 TimedLoop 16467.txt
16487 DisableStructure 16487.txt
16501 LabVIEWClassConstant 16501.txt
16516 InPlaceElementStructure 16516.txt
16522 FeedbackNode 16522.txt

Property Tabs

There 33 pre-defined Property Tabs or pages to the tab control. Multiple VIs can be displayed on the same page, arranged vertically. .

Possible Property Dialog Pages
ID Page Title Possible Pages and Objects
0 Appearance
1 Data Type
2 Data Entry
3 Scale
4 Display Format
5 Common Styles
6 Plots
7 Scales
8 Cursors
9 Operation
10 Filtering
11 Text Labels
12 Browse Options
13 Size
14 Documentation
15 Data Binding
16 Key Navigation
17 Security
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 FPGA Implementation
32 Background

Adding a "New" Tab

Due to the tabs (pages) being predefined, new pages cannot be added. 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. This Queue is required to stop the VI.
    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. Use these references to access/change any of the properties of the desired GObject type.
    5. If you want to be able to change the Page's caption add the control from [LabVIEW 20xx]\vi.lib\PropPageSupport\pp_TabRef.ctl and the following code:
    Changing a Tab's Caption
    Where index = the page number (see below), and Tab Caption = the new caption to set to.
  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. Create a file with the desired name [Class ID].txt if it doesn't already exist.
    2. In the File, add a line for each page that will appear for that class in the form of [A number],[the Page VI name] where the number is the index of the page (0-32) and the VI is the VI to appear in that page's subpanel.
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