Mysterious string color bug

[Darin.K]

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@altenbach wrote:

Darin, I don't use it enough to worry, just some quick rube because I could not find the correct property (looking for "panel" instead of "front panel"). Your method for the panel reference is definitely better and I think that's what I actually use in my code elsewhere. 😄

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Before adding merge VIs to my palette to drop PN/IN with VI class selected, I used to drop Open VI reference just to right-click and Create Property-> and then delete the function. 

[Darin.K]

Here is one of my patented SWAGs.  What happens if you write the Text.Text property instead of Value in AB's example? 

Spoiler

Stupid Wild-@55 Guess in case you are wondering

[lavalava]

Dear altenbach,

That could be an issue with 8.6.  Here is what I'd meant, do you see the same problem with your version base on the following?

Please check out the attached files, run from the ..launch.vi file instead and also please keep them both in the same dir.

Anyway, here is the deal at the first breakpoint, no issue:

Then at the second breakpoint: BAM RESET, all back to RED!!!

[lavalava]

Dear Darin.K,

Here is what I meant, please checkout the modified files in the attachment and run the example file:

Your solution still blink, it just does it the opposite of Altenbach's solution.  Here at the first break point: BAM, RESET all to GREEN!!!!

Then comes the second breakpoint, back to normal.   But it blinks like crazy in each loop.

[lavalava]

Altenbach & Darin,

When running without constant changing variable, it doesn't blink.  It only happens whenever the texts were changed without any regard to the length.  You could have the same length and it still binks.

[Darin.K]

Change the Value property to Text.Text and let me know what happens.  I do not have LV8.6 to test right now.

[lavalava]

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@Darin.K wrote:

Change the Value property to Text.Text and let me know what happens.  I do not have LV8.6 to test right now.

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OK, I got it.  Yes and No.  Yes, it stops blinking but if you run multiple instances simultaneously such as the "string colorbugLaunch.vi" file, then it still blinks frantically.  

You guys said Labview 2009 doesn't have this problem?  Even though I'm using 8.6.1 but I believe this is the quarterly update from Q2 of 2009.  Shouldn't NI already have this issue fixed?