How can I display decimal data on the front panel as fractions such as 1/32, 1/16

[terickson]

This one is better

[paul_cardinale]

Your bug probably has something to do with the fact that 2.8 is not exactly representable in binary floating point (e.g. DBL).

[terickson]

Sorry, uploaded the wrong file.

[paul_cardinale]

Same thing.

[terickson]

Getting the right file uploaded is harder than fixing the bug.

[terickson]

Now handles values < 1 properly (including negatives)

[terickson]

Ok, final version suitable to use as a sub-vi.  I think I covered all the error handling.  Still could generate a custom error code if the fraction does not resolve but I don't really think that is necessary.

[lgc102]

1.33333 gives 1 3333/10000 instead of 1 1/3...

I still like the one I posted. Works with thirds, fifths, and sixths, or arbitrary list of possible denominators where the 2^n ones do not.

The XControl from paul_cardinale is awesome, but also doesn't handle thirds, returning 1 11/32 for 1.33333.

At some point I'm going to have to learn xcontrols, they look very useful. And I've run into some cases that also scream to be made into them...

[paul_cardinale]

I cleaned up the code a bit.

Note: This method doesn't handle 1/3 & 2/3 well.

[paul_cardinale]

I've imcorporated it into the XControl