Looking for a way to programatically change control to indicator and vs/vrs to clean up some front panels on 2 way conversion tools.

[MHarrington]

 My idea is to use mouse enter or key down with an event structure...but I cannot find a handle to convert controls or displays.

[chilly_charly]

This is probably not a good idea. If you change a control to an indicator, your vi will not be able to run anymore, since all the wires connected to it will be broken. The most reasonable attitude is simply to consider that such a conversion is not possible 😉

I suppose that you want write to a control. You have two simple solutions : use a local variable (right click the control or the terminal, then select create local variable), or use the "value" property node.

[MHarrington]

That was way too easy...It also worked...Sometimes a opossum's just got to look up. Preshate it.

[chilly_charly]

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MHarrington a écrit:

... Sometimes a opossum's just got to look up. Preshate it.

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I must confess that I missed the meaning of this answer. Sorry !.. Anybody to help improving my education ?

[xseadog]

Hi Chilly
if you use folowing link the story will explain :'Sometimes a opossum's just got to look up'

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~oban/oposs.htm

in a nutshell-
Opossum was so surprised and embarrassed he couldn't speak. All he could do was roll over on his back - which is what Opossums do today if you surprise or embarrass them.

Elementary my Dear Mr Watson
need we explain more?


xseadog

[chilly_charly]

Thanks !

I didn't know that the opossum was a marsupial (I thought they lived only in Australia...).

And I found several other legends about Possum : hown he got a pouch, how he tried to steal the fire, and how he tried to get the same tail as the racoon...


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