Menu Flow in user interfaces - Need examples/assistance

[imsnyder13]

Hello,

I'm a computer engineering student who is new to LabView. I suppose the closest thing I've done to LabVIEW programming is dataflow VHDL, so I am trying to get some good examples to get started. I currently am trying to build an interactive children's science museum exhibit using LabVIEW for our user interface. LabVIEW will be controlling a mock Mars Rover through wireless serial communication to a microcontroller in the rover. It will also be analyzing information from a secondary microcontroller that serves as the brains of our rover position detection system and user inputs (joysticks, buttons).

I need to start simple. I threw something together real quick to illustrate what I'd like to accomplish (don't mind the borrowed images, they aren't the final product). The link below shows a title screen with four buttons. When one of these buttons are pressed, say the red "Start Mission" button, I want the title screen to change to the mission select screen. This is something simple that I'd like to learn how to do.

Sample User interface (PDF)

Can anyone point me to a suitable example that might accomplish what I am looking for? Thanks in advance for your help!

[altenbach]

This sounds like a fun project. 😄

There are many ways to do this. Easiest would be a big tab structure with the tabs hidden. Now create appropriate screens for each panel and add the logic to switch between tabs programmatically as desired.

The attached simple example (LabVIEW 7.0) should give you some ideas. You can use flat buttons from the classic palette and import images to make it look exactly like your template. Don't forget to have a "back" button to go to the main menu from all other states.

Message Edited by altenbach on 02-26-2006 11:38 PM

[imsnyder13]

Thank you very much, this is exactly what I was looking for! I should be able to this example as a building block.

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

altenbach:

Just what do the instructions translate to in that vi?

[altenbach]

I used the Lorem Ipsum generator on http://www.lipsum.com/ 😄

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

I had a hunch it was along those lines. Actually, my first thought was C code.

Nice example vi for the OP to start with. Gotta love those Rovers, over 1400 sols and 8 miles combined.