Drag and Drop Crazyness

[Tom WP]

Does anyone know what is going on with the drag and drop functionality of
"file path controls". This functionality is NEVER disabled, even if it is
an indicator in a window covered by a dialog. Is there a fix for this (i am
using version 6.0.2) as this could completly destroy a number of programs i
have previously written. If a control is disabled a user should NOT be able
to change it... what is going on LabVIEW. Cheers for any help and a fix
would be excelent.

[wiebe@CARYA]

Tom,

This is indeed a bug.

You can create a transparent boolean on top of the path, and show or hide
it. If it is shown, it will disable the path.

But it is a lot easier to wait for a fix. Perhaps it is fixed in 6.1? It
shouldn't take NI a lot of effort to fix it, in a patch or revision.

Regards,

Wiebe.


"Tom Wynne-Powell" wrote in message
news:av3rn0$mic$1@venus.btinternet.com...
> Does anyone know what is going on with the drag and drop functionality of
> "file path controls". This functionality is NEVER disabled, even if it is
> an indicator in a window covered by a dialog. Is there a fix for this (i
am
> using version 6.0.2) as this could completly destroy a number of programs
i
> have previously written. If a control is dis
abled a user should NOT be
able
> to change it... what is going on LabVIEW. Cheers for any help and a fix
> would be excelent.
>
>

[eh]

It happens on 6.1 also. As you stated, you can create a workaround, but all the programs would have to be redone and rebuilt.

[Randy_H]

Tom,

I have submitted this issue to R&D as an incorrect behavior. Thank you all for submitting and testing this issue.

Randy Hoskin
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
http://www.ni.com/ask

[Tom WP]

Thanks for addressing this issue. Would it be possible to post a message
here when a fix for this bug is released. The bug has a big impact on a
number of applications we have developed, therefore a fix in the near future
would be appreciated.

Regards,
Tom.

"Randy H" wrote in message
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> Tom,
>
> I have submitted this issue to R&D as an incorrect behavior. Thank you
> all for submitting and testing this issue.
>
> Randy Hoskin
> Applications Engineer
> National Instruments
> http://www.ni.com/ask

[zou]

You can disable Drag & Drop for that front panel.
See Disable Drag & Drop Demo at:

http://www.geocities.com/gzou999/demo.htm


George Zou
http://gtoolbox.yeah.net

[Randy_H]

I heard back from R&D and they are in the process of a fix. It will be in a future version of LabVIEW, but I am not sure of the time frame that it will be fixed in.

Randy Hoskin
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
http://www.ni.com/ask