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NIExpert

Document MNU file format or add better editing tools

Status: New

Using "Edit Palette Set" is cumbersome and painstaking.

 

Specific use case example:   I create a class library that has an embedded menu file that I want to distribute as a compiled packed library (PPL) or even as a source code distribution for re use by other developers.     To make the mnu available in the functions palette, you have to manually recreate the menu file to link to the versions of the functions inside the distributed functions, which is painstaking for a larger library.

 

It would  really nice if we had the ability to generate or easily edit mnu files.  In the example, a simple search and replace of the paths that the functions in the palette link to would work

2 Comments
NIExpert
Member

The use case can be resolved by linking to a palette in a project library, but it would still be nice to be able to edit mnu files

fefepeto_kb
Member

I agree that it would be nice have a built in function to do this, but in the meantime you can create your own script, that re-links the palette entries.

On the block diagram under the Application Control menu you have a Palette Editing menu. This functionality is reasonably well documented.

Palette Editing - NI