Drag VI path from listbox to block diagram

[~jiggawax~]

Anyone know how to drag a VI path from a listbox on a VI panel to the block diagram on a VI and have it copy the VI at the path and place it on the block diagram.

For instance I can drag a VI from Windows Explorer to a block diagram and it drops it on there.  I want to create an executable with a listbox on it for our developers.  Then they can just drag them to the block diagram of their code and plop the VI in there.  My thought was that if I can copy the VI to the clipboard it will work.  I've got this to work with Text but not the VI.

Thanks,

[Darin.K]

In the Listbox: Drag Starting? event, use the drag data to determine the path of the subVI you want.  Feed that path into the UI.PlaceObjectOnCursor Application method.  Wire a True constant to discard the Drag.

Tweak the Drag properties of the listbox to get the behavior you want.

[~jiggawax~]

Thanks for the response Darin.  Unfortunately I don't want to use VI scripting because I need to create an executable out of the code. 

Anyhow, your method works great other than that.  Thanks,

[Darin.K]

Why an executable?  By definition of your problem it seems you will be using the IDE.

[~jiggawax~]

Because I think it's silly to run a VI as a tool.  Tools should be stand alone executables if possible.  Besides that if you run the tool from the IDE now you got a VI running while you are trying to develop.  Seems like a pain and who knows what application spaces are being shared or not shared.

Maybe I'm missing something but I prefer it be an exe.

Thanks again for the response,