Get XControl label name from within XControl

[tadders]

Hi all,

Is it possible to get at  the label name of an XControl placed on a front panel from inside the XControl?

I want to set some labels in the XControl facade to the name that the XControl is given on a front panel.

Thanks

[Chris_Garratt_NIUK]

Hey Toad,

I'm a little unsure of what you're trying to do. Getting at the label of the XControl in LabVIEW is easy enough, it's just a property node.

Are you saying that you want the XControl labels on the facade to take the name of the XControl?

Chris

[tadders]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the reply.

I'm trying to get at the name the XControl is given when it is placed on a front panel vi.

I'm not sure what this term is called: the variable name? the instance name?

I'm hoping to access that value from inside the XControl so that a label inside the XControl will display in its facade what the variable/instance name for the XControl is on the front panel.

Phill

[Intaris · Accepted solution]

So you want a self-aware XControl?

This will do it.  Take the refnum in your "Container State" and do the following

Shane.

[tadders]

Hi Intaris,

Perfect!

Thank you very much.

P