Jonathan Borduas

Go look at the zip called: Windows API - region functions. at http://lavag.org/topic/13373-front-panel-with-round-corner/

You can change as you want the shape and appearance of your panel and keep the properties of the VI

I don't know if the drag events will work or not, but if not, I think you might have to do this with polling. You can use the initialization of the XControl to spawn a running VI which will use the mouse input VIs to monitor whether the mouse button is released when the VI is front most and the cursor is over the XControl. I'm assuming that if you grabbed a control, you will be able to get a reference to it using the panel's Selection List[] property.

You can use the uninit code to destroy the process.

See here for a similar topic - http://lavag.org/top...-in-an-xcontrol

Thank you, it is working great !

Jonathan

Hello everyone,

With the Region Functions from the Windows API, you can give the shape you want to the window (such as the shape of the United States, see area examples.lvilb).

For more information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd162915 (v = VS.85).aspx

In the zip file there is a VI for of all Windows API Region Functions. Have fun!

Jonathan Borduas

Windows API - region functions.zip

Have you tried the Drag/Drop Events?

I'm not familiar with these events, I thought they were for drag/dropping data.

Hello,

I try to detect the following action in edit mode:

I took control and moves over an xcontrol and then I released.

Note that in my program, it must be the Xcontrol that detects the action.

So I tried with the mouse up event, but since it happens on the control moved, the mouseup event is not triggered.

After trying several strategies that have not given the desired results.

Jonathan

now that you have heard all of the good answers...

It is possible to hide th 3d graph and show a pictue with the image from the 3d graph and make it LOOK like it is in the background.

Ben

It Might Be a good workaround, but the functions controlling the direction of the camera and the zoom would need to be implemented.

Irrlicht engine has .NET API

Axiom is a .NET port of OGRE

I didn't use them. Just know they exist

Thank you, i will try them

Ok, so if I understand it is unlikely to find an equivalent ActiveX that has the characteristics sought, but it is possible that there is one in .Net.

Does anyone know it?

NI uses a superposition like this in the express VI Sensor Mapping to show the coordinate system.

Also, I was wondering if there was an ActiveX that has the same features as the 3D picture control but without the inconvenience.

Jonathan

Hi

Have you ever noticed that it is impossible to put a 3d picture control to back? In fact, when the VI runs, a control that was set to front will disappear into the nothingness of the 3d picture control.

Is there a way to stop the aspiration of this black hole ?

Jonathan Borduas

Well I need this for january

So I'm just going to try it this way.

Also... It interesting to use subpanel... I see a lot more of possibilities...

Also, is there a way to load the same VI in 2 subpanel (VI instance ?)

Wow, it's much more complexe than it should be ! (NI plz...)

But I will try

Jonathan

Do you have an exemple, or something that could help me start ?!

Ok, thank you for the info

But is there a method that control the depth of a control while running the Vi ?

Jonathan

Hi,

I'm trying to programmatically control the position in depth(move to back, to front) of a tab control.

I found these methods :

http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-12527 (attached)

But it seems they are only good with panels (I'm not very familiar with it)

So I did a test using the Vi's panel reference: I have this error:

LabVIEW: This property is writable only when the VI is in edit mode, or this method is available only when the VI is in edit mode.

Ok,so they are not very useful...

Help would be greatly appreciated !

Jonathan

Panel Move Forward and Backward Methods.vi

Merci François !

C'est ce que je cherchais !

Jonathan

Does anybody have another idea ???

This property node only tells you if the VI is in front of other VIs.

If you click on (say) your web browser, it will still say it is front most.

The same thing hapens with Is.Frontmost properties if I click on the desktop.

Hi !

I'm searching a way to simply know if the Front panel is currently selected.

Jonathan

There's a thread on NI's forum about cutting holes through front panels. You might be able to implement your idea following that example. The BD password is "simple".

Thank you so much !

In case I don't find anything on the website of ICON technologies.

I was thinking about a workaround:

I get the picture of the content behind the window and I put a picture control behind the round shape of the corner.

So you have the impression the window stop there but it doesn't.

Do you think it's possible ?

Icon Technologies used to have a toolkit where you could make your UIs be all sorts of shapes, but I don't see it on their website anymore...

Thank you, I will take a look

Hi everybody

I'm searching a way to have a window with round corner .

Is there a way to do it in labVIEW ?

or

Is it possible to get the picture of what the front panel is hiding so i can put it in a 2D picture control ?

Thank you

J Borduas