pjama Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Hello, I am creating a program that displays some simple data. It draws a pie-chart from 3 numeric values, and also displays a bunch of numbers, percentages, strings and so on. Everything up to there is fine. My problem involves taking what I have now (above) and making it into a single object. Since I want to display that data for several cases at once, it would be much easier to make it all into one repeatable code/function/object. Is there a way to group a bunch of objects on the front panel into a single object group, including respective code as well? Thanks in advance, -Phil Quote Link to comment
didierj Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Is there a way to group a bunch of objects on the front panel into a single object group, including respective code as well? 2295[/snapback] The only way to do it in LV (from version 7.0 up) is to use a subpanel. Creating custom controls the way known from text-based languages is not yet possible. For further informations on subpanels look at the online help and the examples (menu: File>Find Examples...). Didier Quote Link to comment
pjama Posted October 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Thanks for the reply. That way works pretty efficiently. However I am looking to run the same VI with several different values. I think the method you mentioned views the VI 'realtime', so it might not work with what I am doing. What I tried now, is capturing an image of the front panel for each case and displaying those images. This method has some sort of delay. I think taking images of the front panel might be a slow process. If you have any ideas, that'd be great. If not, I thank you again for your help thus far. -Phil Quote Link to comment
aledain Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 The only way to do it in LV (from version 7.0 up) is to use a subpanel. Creating custom controls the way known from text-based languages is not yet possible.For further informations on subpanels look at the online help and the examples (menu: File>Find Examples...). 2309[/snapback] But you could combine all your controls into a single cluster, change the code to a subvi with a cluster reference into it. In your application create several copies of the cluster and wire the cluster references to copies (as required) of the subvi. You can also modify/edit controls (use the spanner) quite extensively including removing parts or hiding bits of them (and including pictures) so perhaps a normal control could be modified too. For a pie chart might a guage work? cheers, Alex. Quote Link to comment
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