Click the Options button on the Functions palette toolbar to open the Function Browser Options dialog box. Click the Edit Palettes button to open the Edit Controls and Function Palettes dialog box, select a palette in Palette View. Right-click the palette and select Insert»Submenu from the shortcut menu to display the Insert Submenu dialog box.
This dialog box includes the following components:
Create a new menu fileCreates a new menu file.
Link to an existing menu fileAdds an existing palette to the Controls or Functions palette file. The palette for a library automatically updates as you add files to the library.
Link to a libraryLinks to the Controls or Functions palette that is a part of a VI library. As with the previous setting, the palette for a library automatically updates as you add files to the library.
Link to a directoryCreates a palette with entries for all the files in the directory. Selecting this option also recursively creates subpalettes for each of the subdirectories, VI libraries, or .mnu files in the directory. These palettes automatically update if you add new files to or remove files from the directories that you selected. Select Synchronize with Directory from the shortcut menu to enable or disable the automatic update setting for a subpalette. Doing so creates menu (palette) files in each subdirectory.