LabVIEW
Copy icons between vi's in LV 2009
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Hi all,
I'm used to the basic icon editor from LV8.6 and older. When I had an icon in one vi that I wanted in another, I would open the icon in the editor, use CTRL-C, close the editor, open the default icon in the second vi, and use CTRL-V. This would be my way to copy-paste an icon from one vi to another. I could then tweak it to my heart's content.
In LV 2009 I don't see a way to copy vi icons into the clipboard? If I use the CTRL-C/V method above, I appear to only get one of the layers, rather than the whole thing. There's no Select All option, so I can't copy all layers.
Am I missing something here?
OK, I've just discovered a lovely feature:
If I drag and drop the icon from vi 1 to the icon of vi 2, it copies it!
Hurrah!
Love it.
Hi Thoric,
The change of the icon editor is actually inviting us to work smarter.
Instead of copying the whole icon we do a "Save As... Template"
I believe the quality of my icons have improved since adopting this new feature.
Ben
Hi Ben,
Thanks for that advice. Knowing you find the new editor superior is reassuring.
So far I've found it simply crashes out a lot and leaves me back in the old editor! 
I'll acclimatize eventually.
Cheers!
Thoric wrote:Hi Ben,
Thanks for that advice. Knowing you find the new editor superior is reassuring.
So far I've found it simply crashes out a lot and leaves me back in the old editor!
I'll acclimatize eventually.
Cheers!
It stil has some bugs* but it works.
* Entering multiple lines of free text get put in the worng plane.
Ctrl-d or something similar rotates when I don't want it.
Controlling which plane you are working with is a little touchy...
Ben
Ben wrote:
It stil has some bugs* but it works.
* Entering multiple lines of free text get put in the worng plane.
Ctrl-d or something similar rotates when I don't want it.
Controlling which plane you are working with is a little touchy...
Ben
Yes, I find navigating to Glyphs, and selecting a glyph causes it crash out completely.
If I enter text into the Line 1 text field, then go to Layers and attempt to add a layer and draw something, the text moves around.
If I draw something in a layer first, then go to Text fields to add text, my drawing moves around.
Sometimes the last thing I've done (whether it be add text, or draw something) gets lost when I select OK and leave the editor.
The Layers tab seems to randomly appear and disappear when I launch the editor, I wish it would just either always start invisible, or always start visible.
I'll 'train' myself in time to know what 'not' to do 
Thoric wrote:..Sometimes the last thing I've done (whether it be add text, or draw something) gets lost when I select OK and leave the editor.
I'll 'train' myself in time to know what 'not' to do
I think I figured that one out last week. An extra click on the icon image will complete the edit. You will see that the layer is missing the final change until you give it one more click to let it know we are done.
Ben
