Programmatically Place Instance of Unsaved TypeDef

[paul_cardinale]

I can do this manually:

1. Create a new typedef (a cluster), but don't save it yet.
2. Place an instance of the unsaved typedef on a block diagram.

How do I script that?

If it's saved, I can place an instance of a typedef on a BD with this:

But before it's saved, the path doesn't exist.  How can I place an instance of an unsaved typedef.

(So why do I want to do something so odd?  This is part of a utility that (among other things) converts some VIs from an old system to a new system.  The new system requires a typedef'd cluster constant (which is created by the converter).  I want the user to be able to examine the newly created open items, then decide whether or not to save them.)

[natasftw]

Wouldn't it be just as easy to save them, place them, and then remove/delete if the user didn't accept them?

[paul_cardinale]

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@natasftw wrote:

Wouldn't it be just as easy to save them, place them, and then remove/delete if the user didn't accept them?

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Of course that's a solution, but I was hoping for something a little cleaner.