If you are only striving for appearance, you can do this by:
in VI setup (right click on the icon to get there),
under execution options select "show front panel when called"
under window options uncheck "allow user to control window", "allow
user to resize window", etc.
as long as you don't call another VI with a front panel that shows when
called, the VI will remain on top, but will not function as a dialog box, so
things will continue to run... the downside of this is that the user can
use "alt-tab" and other key combinations to make the window move off "the
top", but they have to make an effort to do it....
Byungin Bae wrote in message
news:IEsz4.50$vQ6.1495@news.hananet.net...
> Thank you for kindness, Dave.
> But Can you be kind enough to inform me of more precise information about
> it, i.e. name of the utility and/or ftp site?
> Regards,
>
> Byungin Bae
>
> "David Thomson" wrote in message
> news:38CD201D.78ADCDFC@al.noaa.gov...
> > Byungin,
> > If you set the sub-VI to Dialog, then the OS prevents you from
> > accessing the main VI's window and controls. One possible solution
> > would be to not set the sub-vi to Dialog, but use the LV Windows
> > Utilities (available on various FTP sites) to make the sub-vi be the top
> > window. The user could then click on the main window and do various
> > things. The trick will be to programmatically put the sub-vi back on
> > top at appropriate times.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dave Thomson
> >
> > Byungin Bae wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm a newbie.
> > > I want to make a dialog box sub-VI which runs allways on top but the
> > > callers( parent-VI's) control be still active.
> > > Setting the windows option term as a dialog box lets the sub-VI be
> always on
> > > top but disables all the control of the parent VI.
> > > Any one can help?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Byungin Bae
> > > email : bibae@hitel.net
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