Function palette polymorphic vi missing icon

Hi,
I have a problem that every polymorphic VI that I put on function palette is missing icon (question mark is displayed). All other VIs icons are displayed correctly. Of course, polymorphic VI exists on the specified path and its icon is the same as the icon of its sub-VIs.
I have LV2012.

Dear andrej!
Since we have the VI Package Manager and the inside this the VI Package Builder tool, I recommend to use these to insert a new element (or submenu) into the function panel.
Here you can find a very detailed Hands-on about the topic: https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-17536
BR,
Balazs Nagy

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