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Use this page of the Class Properties dialog box to configure the access settings for items that a LabVIEW class owns.

This page includes the following components:

• Contents—Displays all components associated with the LabVIEW class. The tree displays the private data control and all the member VIs that the LabVIEW class owns. Click an item in the Contents tree to select it.
• Path—Displays the path to the item you select in the Contents tree.
• Default Palette—Appears when you select a palette file (.mnu) in the Contents tree. Place a checkmark in the checkbox to set the file as the default palette for the LabVIEW class. Child classes do not inherit palettes from parent classes. If you want the same default palette in a child class that the parent class has, you must add the palette to the child class.

  Note  If you previously set a default palette in the Default Palette listbox on the General Settings page, a checkmark appears in the checkbox next to the default palette file. If you use this checkbox to change the default palette, the new default also appears in the Default Palette listbox.

• Access Scope—Displays the access setting for the item you select in the Contents tree.

  Note  The Access Scope option must be the same in a parent dynamic dispatch member VI and a child dynamic dispatch member VI.

  • Public—The item is visible when users view the LabVIEW class. Other VIs and applications can call public VIs.
  • Protected—The item is visible when users view the LabVIEW class. Only other member VIs in the same LabVIEW class as the protected member VI, or a descendent class, can call a protected member VI.
  • Private—The item is not visible when users view the project library if you lock the LabVIEW class. Only other member VIs in the same LabVIEW class as the private member VI can call a private member VI.

  • Not specified—This option appears only when you select a folder. The folder does not have access items specified. Access is public. By default, folders in a class do not have access specified, which means the folders are publicly accessible.

    Note  If you specify access options for a folder, the access setting applies to all items in the folder and overrides access options for individual items in the folder.