How do I make a VI disappear but still have the VI run.

[stans]

I am currently using labview 5.0. When I place a charge amount into my digital control box, I want the VI to disappear after I press my "ok" boolean button but still complete the charge so I can view my main panel. Can this be done?

[Labviewguru]

Not sure I understand the question. Please restate.

I'll try to answer what I think you are asking though.

If you want a dialog box, which appears when called, and disappears when complete, then just set the settings as appropriate in the VI settings under Window Appearance.

Good luck.

[stans]

Thank you for the answer. I will try to restate my question.
I have a main screen VI that controls the parameters of my reactor system. My "chemical VI" is set up so I can enter a required chemical amount, press "ok" and it signals a relay to open up a solenoid and charges the entered amount. Once I press the "ok" icon (which is a boolean button), the chemical VI needs to disappear from my main screen VI ,but continue to charge the liquid until the entered amount is reached.
Hope this clears it up a little.

[Dennis_Knutson]

The simplest way is probably to make your dialog box a separate VI that just gets the initial value and doesn't do the controlling as well.

[GWDMKE42]

What we need is a simple example of a vi for a popup dialog window to enter data and then is closable.

Thanks in advance.

PS: I've beat my head against this problem for two days, and the vi-properties DO NOT give the desired behavior, i.e. window not present until popup dialob vi called, and window disappears after vi completion.

[waldemar.hersacher]

If you want to hide the front panel of a VI use the LVWutil32 library. In the windows subpalette is a function Hide Window.vi. This hides the front panel without stopping the execution. The only thing is you must know the text in the title bar.

Waldemar

[Dennis_Knutson]

Have you looked at either of the two shipping examples of dialog boxes? Go to Help>Find Examples>Building User Interfaces>Designing Dialog Boxes. If niether of these do want you want, could you explain what you need in further detail?