How can I find out where to find an object?

[Starhowl]

When there's already an object placed on the Block Diagram, how can I find out where to find it in the hierarchy of the Functions Palette?

(Specifically VI Scripting - Traverse in this case.)

[arevh]

You can find the containing palette from the shortcut menu. Right click on the VI and you can see the containing palette, as well as upper hierarchy palette.

Specifically mentioned VI is located in Application Control -> VI Scripting palette.

Thanks,

Arev

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[johnsold · Accepted solution]

You can find which palette it is on by getting the dropdown contextual menu for the item (right click if you are using Windows). In the second section of the menu the first item (in most cases) will be the palette which contains the object.  For Traverse for GObjects.vi the first menu item in the second section is VI Scripting palette. For Greater? the first menu item is Comparison. For a primitive like Build Array you need to go down to the first "pelette" item in the menu. It is still in the second section but is not the first item.

You can also select Replace from that popup menu. The first palette listed will be the one containing the item. However this takes two clicks compared to one for the method above.

The Detailed Help files list Owning Palette on the line below the VI name. You can access this by clicking the Detailed help link at the bottom of the Context ehlp window.

If the object is a VI, Show VI Hierarchy with Include VI Lib selected and Show full path in VI labels will show the location on disk, although that does not correlate exactly with the palettes.

Lynn

[mikeporter]

And finally, when you right click to open the function palette, click on the pin to pin it open. Notice the button at the top that says, "Search"?

Guess what it does...

You can also use the search field in the menubar.

Mike...