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Example Code
Products and Environment
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- LabVIEW
Software
- Linux
- Mac OS X
- Windows
Operating System
- LabVIEW G
Programming Language
Code and Documents
Attachment
Description
The Read Palette.vi & Write Palette.vi VIs return built in function & control primitives as "BUILT_IN_FUNC_xxxx_x_x..." with no way to get the item's name or icon. To remedy this, the following snippet is an export of the 910+ built-in function & control palette items:
All icons were converted to 256 color (8-bit) images with an background color of RGB:153,255,0 to apply a mask. Attached is a zip containing all exported 32x32 (8-bit) PNG images including a text file to translate the built in names to display names.
Justification: The private methods App : Palette : Get Palette Menu Info and App : Palette : Get Palette Item Icon do not return some primitive icon images correctly (due to the Windows Metadata File (*.wmf) image format or 1-bit masking issues) thus the reason to embed the image data directly within the VI.
Sprite sheet of supported functions:
How to Use
Read the palette items from the Read Palette.vi, use the built in item path ("BUILT_IN_FUNC_xxxx...") to lookup the icon and display name to return.
Example code from the Example Code Exchange in the NI Community is licensed with the MIT license.
