Smaller Version of Variant to Data

[Quiztus2]

Hi, did anyone create a smaller icon version of LabVIEW's Variant to Data ?

I think it takes way too much space.

[Kyle97330]

You can do it yourself if you make a *.VIM file and put nothing but the "Variant to Data" VI in there, then make the icon smaller than the standard 32x32 and select a connection pane that works with your smaller icon.  Look up "Malleable VIs" or VIMs if you don't know what I mean by that.

It's not that big of an icon though to worry that much about reducing it, and VIM's aren't perfect.  It may create more problems that it solves.

[billko]

I like the size because the input is perfectly aligned with the vast majority of the connector panes of anything I wire to it.

[paul_a_cardinale · Accepted solution]

Here

[Quiztus2]

This is so nice, I thought I would need a Polymorphic SubVI for alle the different possible type inputs. Your version is so much better.

 

[billko]

Just remember that VIMs have their own set of problems.  Just make sure you're not causing more issues than you're solving.  A cosmetic fix just isn't worth creating potential pitfalls in your code.

[paul_a_cardinale]

Gee, I was being sarcastic, making the icon as small as I could.

[Quiztus2]

Sarcastic only about the size or also about using .vim here? 

[paul_a_cardinale]

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@Quiztus2 wrote:

Sarcastic only about the size or also about using .vim here? 

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Just the size.  I don't have a problem with malleable VIs (though they can be quirky at times).

[billko]

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@paul_a_cardinale wrote:

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@Quiztus2 wrote:

Sarcastic only about the size or also about using .vim here? 

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Just the size.  I don't have a problem with malleable VIs (though they can be quirky at times).

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That's what I mean.  Is this "quirkiness" worth the cosmetic fix?