Changing Labels

[Engineering Intern]

And when I click "Description and Tip" it looks like this.  I don't know what it even means but There is nothing there and the windows cannot be typed in.

[Dennis_Knutson]

As I said, you have to stop the VI before you can edit the list. You can't do anything while it is running. Click the 'Exit' button.

This is extremely basic LabVIEW knowledge. You need to spend some time learning these basics. One place to start is http://www.ni.com/academic/lv_training/how_learn_lv.htm. You can also try http://www.ni.com/swf/demos/us/labview/getting_started_lv/.

[GovBob]

Dennis advice is spot on. My question is if you depress the exit button does the front panel (user interface) go away? If it does try to hold down the Ctrl button and hit the (.) period button. This might put you in a editable mode. If it doesn't the application may have been built as a executable which means you would need to edit the source code and rebuild the application.

[jjcimon]

do you want me to change it , it will be done in a minute, give me the value you want to modify

[Engineering Intern]

Bob I think you're correct.  I just got back from lunch and will go to that workstation shortly, but yes it does close when I hit the exit button.  From what I can tell it runs always.  Data is always being collected but that is through ASI Datamyte; Labview is used more as an alert mechanism so that we know when something is out of spec.  If I have to change the source code I am going to be really lost.

[Dennis_Knutson]

There is code in there that will close it if it's an exe and I suspect that is what you are actually running. You did post the source code with the top level VI called 1665 Main and that will just stop if you click on the 'Exit' button. If you do manage to edit the source code, then you would also have to rebuild the executable. Modifying the source code and creating a new exe is not really all that difficult.

[GovBob]

Ctrl+. will stop the application if it works. This might not be desirable during production.

[Engineering Intern]

Yeah Ctrl +. didn't work either.  So where would I start to change the source code?  Unfortunately I cannot access this forum and do it at the same time...I have to go all the way across the production floor to the computer.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Have you actually read my responses? I told you which VI to open in the source code you provided and how to view the list. YOU HAVE TO FIRST DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROGRAM ON THE PRODUCTION FLOOR IS AN EXE! If it closes the window when you click on Exit, it is and you can't do a thing there.

[Engineering Intern]

Yes I have.  The problem now is that the source code is password protected.  We are trying to get in touch with the person who made the password who is no longer employed here.  I cannot do anything until then.