07-10-2019 10:02 AM
Is it possible to change the run-time menu of a VI in a packed library? I have a plug-in based application I created using Actor Framework, and ran into an issue after building one of my actors into a packed library. I had been setting the run-time menu of the Actor Core based on which child actor was launched but it will no longer change from the default menu. So far I have not been able to find any documentation indicating whether this property should be available in a PPL or not.
I created a test application (see attached) to verify that it is a packed library issue, not specific to Actor Framework. I am unable to set the run-time menu for a VI in a packed library whether it is an actor or not.
07-15-2019 08:21 AM
Hello Cy_Rybicki
If you attempt a simple VI that calls to a run time menu do you get the same behavior? I'm referring to one like below:
07-15-2019 08:33 AM
Calling the VI using your method produced the same results. When calling the unpacked version, the VI will properly display the custom run-time menu. When calling the packed version the default menu is displayed even though the VI's run-time menu property nodes reads back the correct menu path.
08-02-2019 01:04 PM
Hello Cy,
To clarify, custom run-time menu's can be used in PPL's. However, when the specific RT Menu Path property node is executed in a PPL, the path is populated but the default run-time menu is used.
This behavior has been documented in CAR #743026.
Best regards,