Ctrl + . (period) doesn't seem to be working (and aborting my VI).

[scofield]

I checked this KB already.

Attaching trimmed VI (saved in 2017).

Could find where is the mistake or is it a bug?

[GerdW]

Hi scofield,

why do you need to password-protect your VI?

Do you think this helps in debugging your VI?

Your VI just contains an event structure, waiting for a panel close event.

And it stops when I press <Ctrl + .> !

[scofield]

My bad about password protection, it was not intended.

Attached is the code with password removed.

At my end <Ctrl + .> is not working at all.

I also opened 'on screen keyboard' and tried that just to be sure that its not because of keyboard settings, but no luck.

[FireFist-Redhawk]

Unfortunately CTRL+. works just fine to stop that VI for me so I can't reproduce your issue. Go into your options and confirm that the shortcut hasn't been messed with.

[scofield]

Thank you Andrew.

I just realized that its because of 'runtime menu' (.rtm file).

Actually this VI has an associated runtime menu and when I shared the VI, I never included the RTM file.

On my end, if I remove the custom runtime menu then I'm also able to use <Ctrl + .>

[scofield]

Anybody knows about this, why the <Ctrl + .> shortcut doesn't abort a running VI with a custom runtime menu?

[FireFist-Redhawk · Accepted solution]

Same deal I would say... go to Edit -> Run-Time Menu... and make sure this is there:

[User002]

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@scofield wrote:

Anybody knows about this, why the <Ctrl + .> shortcut doesn't abort a running VI with a custom runtime menu?

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Since typing in <CTRL + .> is a shortcut to the Operate>>Stop command in the menu, I think it would make sense that removing it from the menu would disable <CTRL + .>. That way, you can choose to prevent users from exiting the VI through that keyboard shortcut. Otherwise, the user would always have a way to interrupt the VI.

As @FireFist-RedHawk says, if you want that option available, you can include it in your custom menu.

-joeorbob