Export Built In Function Palette Icon Images

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Description

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Update: See Built In Function Palette Icons from Item Path for the exported function palette icons.

Export all function palette icon images including the BUILT_IN_FUNC_XXXX items to png files.

This uses a combination of the App:Palette:Get Palette Menu Items invoke node and Read Palette.vi to export the Windows Metadata File (*.wmf) image vector files, then uses .NET System.Drawing.Image to export the wmf files to png for each icon. This was necessary because the App:Palette:Get Palette Icon method does not return the correct icon image for some BUILT_IN_FUNC_xxxx_x_x items. Lastly, all png images are stored as 24-bit with 0xF0F0F0 masks applied.

Built in palette items are exported with the built in palette item path (i.e. "BUILT_IN_FUNC_1054_0_4_Function") plus the palette item display name (i.e. "Absolute Value") separated by a period. Special characters in the palette item display names are removed "[^A-Za-z0-9_- ]" to avoid invalid file names.

E.g. Absolute Value -> "BUILT_IN_FUNC_1054_0_4_Function.Absolute Value.png"

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How to Use

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Export Function Palette Icons.vi:

Set the Output PNG Directory where the png images will be exported and optionally enable Export Non-Built In VIs? to include all VIs or only the built in icon images, then run the VI.

 

Get Palette PNG Icon.vi:

Set the PNG Icon Directory where the png images are exported, pass in the palette Item Path from a Palette Read.vi to fetch the palette item icon image data.

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