This nugget describes how to provide your own custom content in the Create Project dialog in LabVIEW 2012 or later. For a great intro on the Create Project dialog, check out this Eyes on VIs post.
The Create Project dialog provides project templates and sample projects as starting points for your LabVIEW applications. If you want to include your own content in the Create Project dialog, either for public consumption or your company's internal use, the dialog uses an XML-based plugin mechanism to present all available templates and sample projects installed on your system. To learn more about how to add your own content, check out the following link:
Using Custom Templates and Sample Projects to Develop LabVIEW Projects
As you can see from the Eyes on VIs post linked above, the second page of the Create Project dialog allows you to configure certain things about your new project, like its name, path, file prefixes, and icon overlays. Some of these items are customizable through the XML. If you are comfortable with what the default second page provides, then the XML and the source files for your project are all you need to worry about.
If you want to customize the appearance of the second page of the dialog beyond what the default page provides, you can follow the instructions on the Using Custom Templates link above, and use the source files for the Actor Framework template (which displays a customized second page) as a guide.
