Creating a custom display for data

[Xander2000]

Hi all!

Is there a way to create a field which is divided by lines in separate blocks along the horizontal and vertical axis. The amount of horizontal and vertical blocks can be set in the program.

I want to give my separate blocks a color depending on my data. Is there anyone who could help me? Thanks in advance!

[daveTW]

Hi Xander,
perhaps this is made easiest with a picture- indicator. Draw the lines and filled rectangles with the VIs in the "picture functions"- palette. If you want to have scales, you should have a look into the "picture plot"- palette, there are some VIs to handle a scale (it then looks like the scales in a graph- indicator).
Hope this helped,
Dave

[Dennis_Knutson]

Sounds like at that you need is a table. Look at the examples at http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=177703&query.id=0#M177703.

[daveTW]

That's right,
if the blocks have fixed size, but then what about a 2D-Array of Color-boxes?
Dave

[Albert.Geven]

And what about an intensity chart, you can draw all kind of colors just by changing the value of a pixel and the pixel size is determined by the array.

Eventually you could use more pixels for one block or even add lines by showing the grid.