How to create custom default XControl

[Galbrun]

Hello, 

I would like to have a custom default XControl, implementing the everused state and data, and methods.

I have tried modifying  \resource\Framework\Providers\xi\xctl.llb but I am unable to do anything with the controls of every vis inside. I guess this is some kind of lock, is there any way I can go around it ?

[ajangot]

Hi,

Don't try to modified LabVIEW library, make a copy if you want to add some features to your controls.

I suggest you to read Creating New Front Panel Objects with LabVIEW XControls

Regards,

[TCPlomp]

The problem is that it is not quite clear how to reuse some design patterns developed for XControls for new XControl, without using copy and paste.

Ton

[Galbrun]

I have half solved my problem : even if the control types are not the right one, I wire them in the template vi as if they were, and I have changed the data.ctlt to fit my data (i.e. : an object belonging to the class 'FrontPanel'). I have mainly broken wires in the template, but it becomes all right when I create a new xctl since the controls are automatically replaced.

The last missing parts are the methods and properties I would want to automatically create each time I create a new XControl. I guess that it would be more work to do this automatically thant to make it manually...