Dashboard Datatype?

[whytheheckme]

Hi everyone,

I searched, so please don't flame

Anyway, so I've decided to finally make a custom dashboard. I've spent the night figuring out how these clusters are packed (we're using Java this year). I understand the structure for the sample code, and I can find the cluster in the block diagram from the sample LabVIEW dashboard program (on the left, Low Level robot I/O values). I can see how those structures match up to the provided dashboard Java code cluster structures.

Wonderful.

So, how do I create a custom structure in LabVIEW? I'm not even entirely sure what's going on here (I've never used LabVIEW for anything more than real-time signal capture not related to FIRST.) This "box" (I'll call it that until someone can describe to me in more detail what it does) has all of these clusters inside. Where is this "box" getting its data from? How do I make a "box" with my own structure? Is there any way I can not use a mouse to do this? (that one was rhetorical).

Anyway, if anyone can help me understand what's going on here, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks!
Jacob