National Instruments BridgeVIEW

Chapter 10 Customizing VIs

Block Diagram

2. Build the block diagram shown in the following illustration.

3. Create the icon for the VI as shown at left. To access the Icon Editor,

pop up on the icon pane of the front panel and select Edit Icon.

4. Switch to the connector pane by popping up on the icon pane and

selecting Show Connector.

5. Build the connector. Notice that the default connector pane is not what

you see illustrated to the left. To get the correct connector pane, choose

Patterns from the pop-up menu on the connector. Choose the pattern

with three inputs and two outputs. Then choose Flip Horizontal. Now

you can connect the Date and Time controls to the two connectors on

the left side of the icon, and the Name Answer, Date Answer, and

Time Answer indicators to the three connectors on the right side of