A data entry parameter to specify if an integer can only be odd or even.

[ChristopheC]

It is not uncommon to have to restrict numeric entries to accept only either odd or even values. It would be nice to be able to specify that behavior, for example in the Data Entry tab of the Properties dialog, so we don't have to write some code to enforce that restriction, with the Response to value outside limits to either round up or down. This would apply to integers only.

[JackDunaway]

Try this: adjust the Data Entry for your controls to have an increment of 2, and adjust the Maximum and Minimum values to be both odd or both even:

[jcarmody]

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@ChristopheC wrote:

It is not uncommon to have to restrict numeric entries to accept only either odd or even values. [...]

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Really?  I'm curious about where this would be used.

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jcarmody said:

Really?  I'm curious about where this would be used.

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It happens. What if you had several UUT's on test and the wiring harnesses were arranged so that the top shelf were wired to even inputs on a DAQ and the next shelf were odd. If you had a control to access one UUT on the second shelf, that control would be set to only accept odd numbers. Sorry for the verbose example, but that happened to me. However, I'm not sure it would be worth the extra noise on an already noisy Data Entry dialog box since the programmatic version is easy enough.

[ChristopheC]

Using the increment, as Jack suggested is just fine. You just have to set the correct default value, and not leave it to 0.

This one can be rejected.

Thanks.

[G-Money]

This feature already exists in LabVIEW

[G-Money]

I am changing the status from Completed to Declined because Completed should only be ideas that R&D see on Idea Exchange, actively developed on it based on the idea here, and it was added to the product.

[G-Money]

This feature already exists in LabVIEW