Configuring General Target Items (Microprocessor SDK)
Complete the following steps to use the General tab in the Target Properties dialog box to configure general items for your target.
- (Optional) Place a checkmark in the Enable Set Dimension Size for arrays (Static Memory Allocation) checkbox if you want to enable fixed-size arrays and preallocate the user interface for your target. If you place a checkmark in this checkbox, all VIs that open under your target contain a Set Dimension Size shortcut menu option for block diagram array constants.
- (Optional) Place a checkmark in the Enable shared variable support to enable the Shared Variable Settings page.
- (Optional) Remove the checkmark from the Prompt user to create build specification if you want LabVIEW to automatically create a build specification using the build settings you specify in your default build specification type.
- Select the tick resolution in Timed Loops as microseconds or milliseconds from the Timed Loop internal clock resolution pull-down menu.
- Navigate to and select or enter the relative path to the target icon file, which is the icon that appears in the Project Explorer window for your target, in the Project Explorer window icon text box. Icons must be in .png format. Icons are located in the following directory:
 | labview\resource\Framework\Providers\Icons |
- Navigate to and select or enter the relative path to the directory that contains the TargetInfo.ini file, which is the file that defines the target-specific palette and controls, in the Path to TargetInfo.ini text box. You can reuse an existing configuration that works for a majority of embedded targets or you can copy and modify an existing TargetInfo.ini file.
Most example targets use the dynamic memory allocation default configuration, which is located in the following directory:
| labview\Targets\NI\Embedded\common\TargetInfo |
The static memory allocation default configuration is located in the following directory:
| labview\Targets\NI\Embedded\common\static\TargetInfo |
- (Optional) Navigate to and select or enter the relative path to the subtarget directory in the Path to subtarget text box. You can use a single TgtSupp.xml file to define multiple targets. Use this text box when the TgtSupp.xml file defines a hierarchy of targets where the subtarget VIs call the base target VIs.
- (Optional) Navigate to and select or enter the relative path to the Elemental I/O configuration file (eio.xml). Leave the Path to Elemental I/O directory text box blank if you are not implementing Elemental I/O.
- (Optional) Navigate to and select or enter the relative path to the directory that contains your Funclist files. Leave the Path to the Funclist directory blank if you are not using Funclist files to override subVI calls with C function calls.