Cluster elements' properties

[Stephen Gray]

What is the easiest way to do this:

I have two clusters of boolean buttons. Depending on run-time events, I
want one cluster's controls to respond to the function keys (F1, etc.).
I also need to be able to switch back and forth between clusters. I
guess my question is how do I set the key navigation of elements of a
cluster during runtime?

thanks,
stephen

[Paul Davey]

Hi Stephen

You need to create property nodes for each of the individual controls
inside the cluster. This can get messy if you have lots of controls to
deal with.

Paul

Stephen Gray wrote:

> What is the easiest way to do this:
>
> I have two clusters of boolean buttons. Depending on run-time events, I
> want one cluster's controls to respond to the function keys (F1, etc.).
> I also need to be able to switch back and forth between clusters. I
> guess my question is how do I set the key navigation of elements of a
> cluster during runtime?
>
> thanks,
> stephen

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[Jared 323]

Steve,

This is for labview 6.0. I dont know if there is something equivalent for
5.x. Create the cluster and place your boolean controls in it. on the diagram
right click and select create>>property node. Then change this newly created
property node to "Controls[]". This is an array of references to the controls
in the cluster. During run time, you would index this array to the control
whose key navigation you want to change, wire this refernce to a boolean
type property node that is set for key navigation and set the property.
In a for loop, the code would not be very messy at all. The itieration of
the loop would be used to index the array. If you dont want to change them
all, use a case in the loop to ignore the instances that are not to change.

I hope
this helps,
Jared

Stephen Gray wrote:
>What is the easiest way to do this:>>I have two clusters of boolean buttons.
Depending on run-time events, I>want one cluster's controls to respond to
the function keys (F1, etc.).>I also need to be able to switch back and forth
between clusters. I>guess my question is how do I set the key navigation
of elements of a>cluster during runtime?>>thanks,>stephen>