Challenge of the Day: No palette!

[BowenM]

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@James.M wrote:

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@Hooovahh wrote:

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@BowenM wrote:

Stacked sequence structure doesnt... (in 2014) 🙂 

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But stacked sequence isn't on the palette in 2014 right?

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You can right click a regular seq structure and convert.

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Correct.  There was no requirement given that it had to be on the standard palettes! 😛

[James.M]

Here you go!

Global and Local variables result in this. Though, once you link the variable, it goes to the palette of the control/indicator.

[crossrulz]

Well, it is obviously a constant of some sort.  Time to start digging...

[James.M]

Build XY Graph and Build Table express VIs don't have it either. In order to get them on the BD, I had to go through the front panel Express palette, so that's probably why. I don't think they exist on the BD palettes.

Okay, back to work

[crossrulz · Accepted solution]

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@X. wrote:

We are talking BD objects, my bad.

I am talking about this behavior:

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Not A Refnum Constant

[James.M]

Bravo. That is some weird selective behavior.

[rpursley8]

Decorations

[X.]

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@rpursley8 wrote:

Decorations

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I guess that counts as a correct answer, even though the right-click menu is not identical to that in the picture I posted. But I did not ask for that.

Kudo.

This being said, I am wondering why the not a refnum constant is such an outcast. After all, you can connect it to a bunch of terminals. Maybe that's the reason?

In any case, I find sometimes frustrating to try my luck with right-cliking, only to be offered no option to access the generic palette (in addition to the default one). This example provides just the illustration of this pushed to its extreme.

[X.]

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@James.M wrote:

Here you go!

Global and Local variables result in this. Though, once you link the variable, it goes to the palette of the control/indicator.

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Sorry, you guys were so fired up that I got lost in the flow of answers.

That's not a bad answer, although I am not quite clear what you would expect to have access to?

[crossrulz]

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@James.M wrote:

Bravo. That is some weird selective behavior.

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Not really.  The Not A Refnum Constant can be used on ANY reference: Queue, File, Notifier, Occurrence, User Event, etc.  So it kind of makes sense to not assume the file palette.