When distributing a built application, the about box needs to follow certain NI guidelines regarding copyright notices and such. In order to remain compliant, I typically don't create my own custom about box, but simply leave the stock runtime engine "about" screen intact (see also this discussion and this earlier idea.).
This seems to be more complicated that necessary.
Since NI has certain requirements about what needs to be on there, I propose an "About box" editor, accessible from the "build application" dialog. It would start from a template with all the required components present and some standard fields and panels that can be customized. (In some ways, this would be similar to the installer build, which allows embedding of custom images, etc. for the install dialog).
Here's an image of the current LV 2009 about box. There are many areas (e.g. A, B, C, etc.) that would allow full customization. Required components, such as the copyright notices should be static and not removable.
We should be guaranteed that if we create an 'about" box with this tool, it conforms to all NI requirements, including for all toolkits that are part of the build.
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