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Lost my indicator - Wierd.

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Hi all. 
I've run across a strange phenomena. 
LV 2018 - Windows 10.
Problem - Indicator titled "User Message" appears on diagram. I cannot get it
to appear on the front panel. 

 

Background - This indicator was showing up fine. I changed my front panel by removing
a decoration (a raised box ) that all of the indicators in the present "White" area were 

sitting on top of. This particular indicator was hidden at the time I removed the decoration.

 

Application - Running a State Machine.

 

If I try to make it visible by property node (as shown) it doesn't appear. If I make it visible by property node and then read the "visible" property node it shows "True". However I cannot make it appear. 

If I right mouse on the indicator in the diagram and select "Find", my Front panel appears 
and a box flashes in the area the indicator should be in but that is all. 

If I hide/make visible by right mouse clicking the indicator on the diagram it never appears/disappears
on the front panel. 

I am really scratching my head here. Hope somebody has some insight because I write to this indicator ( by control index) all over my application. Creating a new one would be painful- but not life changing....

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Diagram (snippet from my Initialize State)

 

Dustyhc_1-1602600548685.png

 

Note - Broken lines are only because of the copy/paste process. They are not broken in the live diagram.
Other funkiness of my property nodes is also due to the copy/paste process. 

 

Front Panel (below)

 

Dustyhc_2-1602600626475.png

 

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Are you sure it's not underneath something?

Double-click the BD terminal, then from the FP: Toolbar -> Reorder -> Move to Front

"If you weren't supposed to push it, it wouldn't be a button."
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Found it. 

I had resized my type-def'd tab control to shrink it. Apparently this indicator was linked to the tab control and as such
would not expose itself outside of the tab controls' latest - shrunken - size. 

Fix:

 

1. Open the Type Def Tab control

2. Grow it huge

3. Apply/save change

4. Locate my indicator (that now appears)

5. Drag it off of the Tab Control

6. Reopen the the tab control type def and shrink/apply/save.

7. Fixed. 

Ugh......

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Hi Paul
Thanks for the reply.
Actually, see my update.
I found it. Bonehead move on my part. 

 

Live/Learn/Smack Forehead.

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