Scripting with polymorphic VIs

[jtagg]

Hi,

I'm trying to programmatically add VIs to a polymorphic VI but cannot find any method or property that would let me do that.

I would expect there to be a property that contains children of the polymorphic VI and a method to add VIs to it, but cannot find anything like that. I would also like to set the short and long names of the VIs in the polymorphic VI as well, since that is a tedious job that is very error prone when doing manually.

Can anyone show me how that can be done?

Thanks a lot!!

Joseph

[TiTou]

Not sure it has exactly what you want but take a look at this example on LAVAcr.

Hope this helps

[jtagg]

Merci beaucoup!! C'est ce qu'il me faut pour commencer.

Thanks! That's what I needed to start with.

[jtagg]

I can now add VIs to a polymorphic VI.

Is there a way to change the properties of the polymorphic VI (adapt to type, show selector, which icon to show...)?

Can I change the selector name of each VI contained in a polymorphic VI?

The link from lavacr does not do these things.

Thanks!

Joseph

[TCPlomp]

You need to activate scripting and make sure you have a polymorphic VI type reference, if you activate that you get the following properties:

InstanceInfo will show the information about every VI.

Ton

[jtagg]

Hey,

thanks a lot. Those were the properties I was looking for. I used InstanceInfo as write node and added the paths with selector and menu names. It worked like a charm, and it's easier to manipulate than the previous solution.

Joseph

[King_Cluster]

TCPlomp,

I can't seem to find the AdaptToInputs using LabView 2014.  It might have something to do with selecting the polymorphic VI type reference?  Any thoughts?

THANKS!!!

[Hooovahh]

Here's a 2014 snippet.  You do need to have the PolymorphicVI class not just VI.

[King_Cluster]

How do I find it (How do I drop that onto the block diagram)?  When I connect a property node to the "new VI" scripting command I can't find PolymorphicVI as an option.

Is it considered on object of a Polymorphic VI?

Thanks!

[crossrulz]

You need to cast the object (use To More Specific Class) to a PolymorphicVI.