National Instruments BridgeVIEW User Manual
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Chapter 9
Creating VIs
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The icon of a VI represents it as a subVI in the block diagram of other VIs.
It can be a pictorial representation of the purpose of the VI, or a textual
description of the VI.
1.
Open
Temp & Vol.vi
in the
BridgeVIEW\Activity
directory.
2.
From the front panel, pop up on the icon in the top right corner and
select Edit Icon…. You also can double click on the icon to invoke the
icon editor.
Note
You only can access the icon/connector for a VI from the front panel.
3.
Erase the default icon. With the Select tool, which appears as a dotted
rectangle, click and drag over the section you want to delete, and press
the <Delete> key. You also can double click on the shaded rectangle in
the tool box to erase the icon.
4.
Draw a thermometer with the Pencil tool.
5.
Create the text with the Text tool. To change the font, double-click on
the Text tool. Your icon should look similar to the following
illustration.
6.
Close the Icon Editor by clicking on OK. The new icon appears in the
icon pane.
7.
Define the connector terminal pattern by popping up in the icon pane
on the front panel and choosing Show Connector. By default,
BridgeVIEW selects a terminal pattern based on the number of
controls and indicators on the front panel. Because there are two
objects on the front panel, the connector has two terminals, as shown
at left.