Misbehaving Text Ring Control

[djs_at_eaton]

Text Ring control indexes opposite in LabVIEW 5.1 and LabVIEW 7.0

[tbob]

I've noticed the same thing and it is very annoying, especially since I have to support code written in both versions. Does anyone know if there is an ini setting that can change this?

[djs_at_eaton]

I'm programmatically loading values into the text ring so operators can select values from files. Now I have to hide the index and reverse the array of strings I load into the control. Version dependent, of course. It's very annoying.

[Ben]

I have not noticed this before you pointed it out.

It looks like the decrement/increment buttons got swapped in the upgrade.

If it is of any help I have swapped the buttons in the attatched VI. I used the control editor to swap the buttons and their icons.

Ben

[djs_at_eaton]

Thanks. I can use the control in the new version. Seems like NI ought to fix it though. It's counter-intuitive unless the digital indicator is invisible. I noticed the LV5 VI takes 10K; LV7 VI takes 8K. That's good, but not at the expense of inverted operation.

[Philip_Courtois]

Hi there,

What you are describing has already been documented here [broken link removed; article no longer available].

If you would suggest an option for choosing "old style" rings, then please post your feedback to National Instruments under the Product Feedback link here [broken link removed].

Thanks!

Philip C.
National Instruments