How to determine the name or type of a control in a existed VI?

[RogerYang]

I got a couple of VIs other engineers created before. There are a couple of controls I can not tell the type or name of that control.

I used LabVIEW ctrl-H to try to figure out what control was used but failed. I also tried to use "Edit\Customize Control" to determine that control, still could not find it.

Please advise how can I figure out what kind of controls were used in some existed VI. Thanks,

RY

[tst]

The name of the control is its label. It may have an empty label, meaning no name. It's also possible its label is invisible. Right click it and go to Visible Items to find out.

As for the type, the color and shape of the icon is usually the best way to tell.

Right click the diagram terminal of the control and select View as Icon. This might help you. If it doesn't, I suggest you post the 2 controls in an empty VI, and I'm sure someone can figure it out.