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-Hello All Just wondering if anybody out there knows how to change the text color(Legend) of a strip chart. Thanx.

Nice desktop, where did you get that clock? :thumbup: Here's mine, not as nice as what you guys have out there. Running just two versions of LV, and Labwindows CVI. Having some probs linking the image. I will post later. gotta go.

Indeed it is a bug. Although it still works if the selection key does not overlap with the tabs. It still works if you click the "right edge" of the left selection key.

Thanx Guys. Hmm... You mean I can change the description for any instance of a while loop. This will not show up in the Ctrl-H Window, right? To view the description I must still use RMB. This is a pretty good idea :thumbup: How would I go about customizing this "new" while loop? I would assume most of these things are password protected. Thanx Again. :beer:

Alex, What's RMB? I tried turning on help(flyover) after adding a description, but it does not change the default for stuctures(ie while loop). Maybe, I am doing something wrong? Thanx in advance.

I know a tip window pops up for controls & indicators. How can we do this for Structures :question: I'm in the midst debugging some god awful code . It would be nice to mark what each structure does as I go through the code. Hmm... is it possible to replace the existing tip window for structures? Thanx.

njkirchner, That's new. Never thought of that :thumbup:

PJM, thanks for the reply. To clarify for others. This is what I meant: You have a dial(control), and you want a digital display(of the control). When this feature is enable, it has controlling capabilities as well. I do not want the user to use the digital display to control the dial. They are only allowed to use the dial. In other words, I want the dial to control, and the digital to "act" like an indicator. This is done by disabling the digital display. Another solution is that we can always use an indicator instead:laugh:

Nevermind... you can just disable the feature in the digital display, and the user cannot use it. So, the works out. Anyways, just thought someone might to know this. vince

Anybody know how to stop the control feature of the digital display of a knob. I what the display without the control capability. Thanks.

Hey nejla, I meant hivac chamber for latter response. Anyhow, how are you guys controlling the heating rates, and cooling rates? I'm sure there are some algorithm you guys are running. There are some max, and min limits for the code... that's good. I guess that is a starting point. Try to locate how it is retrieved... is there a file where all the data is retrieved?? In regards to the temperature hold, there is going to be some sort power you guys are drawing it should dictate how hot your tc gets. If you can maintain the power, then viola you've just maintained the temperature.

Your right that works great. :thumbup: The only problem is that I am fixing up some code. If I change the clusters I would have to change alot of other stuff. I prefer not to do that. I guess it would just be easier to write a routine that would take care of that, it would be helpful later on anyhow. :beer: vince

Wow some of you guys are here pretty late.. :worship: Anyhow, I guess there are many methods of solving this. The easiest solution for me, is define the decoration boundary, then make comparisons to other objects. If within boundaries a compound and should generate a true. Then move the objects accordingly. vince

I've tried what you suggested. It moves with one control. However, I want anything encapsulated in the decoration to move. thanx, vince

jpdrolet, Okay, here's where I stand. I attempted to incorporate many controls and indicators into a decoration, but failed to do so. I should have know that I cannot customize more than one control at a time. :headbang: Maybe there is a way around it, but I have not work enough with customizing controls to do so. Any ideas? vince

jpdrolet, Thanx, it sounds like it might just work... give me some time to put this together and I will give you guys an update. Vince

nejla, I am assuming you are doing some thermal testing in a hvac chamber. Your question is a bit vague, what rates are you controlling. I am certain if you look into the previous codes the previous sw developer probably imposed some limits to the control values. By adjusting these limits. There is probably a ramp rate that you might look into, and temperature limits. vince

James, Thanks for the Reply, but this is what I meant. I have some controls that vary in boundaries. I have enclosed a seperate set of controls & indicators into a decoration. My question is how can I move all that stuff at runtime? I can group everything with clusters but that just requires alot of changes to the rest of the code I have. So, if this is possible it will definite save alot of time Thanx, Vince

Hey GUI experts, :worship: I need your help. I basically grouped some controls, and indicators under a decoration. I am trying to move the entire object, is there a way to do this? Thanx. Vince

jpdrolet, I am sure you know about ctrl L. So, this probably not what your looking for. vince

Hi Todd, I guess I am confused with your question. You can remove to breakpoint from the code during the execution of your code. When this is done, you shouldn't have to step through your code because there is no break pts to be hit. Vince

Lucas, By blending your table, and seperator with the same color( ie white) you can hide the seperator. Vince

Here are some of the things I intend to put in the ini file. 1) Power Supply #. 2) Name of device power supply is connected to. 3) Grouping of Power Supplies. 4) Hardware settings ie Max Power, Max Voltage, and Max Current. 5) Over Voltage Protection 6) Current Limits. 7) GPIB address, bus, bus index, and sub. 8) Simulation Mode versus Visa Mode Selection: I think this should go with the ini file for the executable, or should this be included in the same ini file? Although, I don't have most of this code. I would just like to set up the basic structure because I know things will be changed later on. Any Suggestions are welcomed... Thanx Again.. Vince

Hello LAVA forum, Hate to bring up this topic again. I am ready build my executable, and I want to generate an ini file. I currently have about 21 agilent power supplies that I would like to control. I currently have a set cluster size to 21. I know that you cannot change the cluster size at run time. However, I am not sure if the systems engineering people will change their requirements, and I don't want to go in and edit the cluster size everytime. I have an alternative solution, but I think it is kinda corny. Basically set the cluster size to be 50. And based on the address on the ini file, display the number of power supplies (hopefully less than 50). What do you think? Is there a better solution? One more thing. Is there a standard to building ini files that NI would recommend? I've been search for such a standard with no luck.. :headbang: Thanks again... Vince

Hey nevermind. The problem I had was that I set the timeout for event structure to be 100ms. Once I changed that to 99ms it was pretty accurate. I am still using a semaphore. The main problem I have now is that I don't have access to the hardware we are using, so I've been running in simulation mode. I am quite sure the timing will be influenced by the hardware, and other processes that utilize window's resources. What methods are there to make sure that I write the file at appropriate times. :question: I would hate to recompensate the timeout everytime there is a hardware change. Thanks Again, Vince