No menus , locked out of editing, any way to fix?

[MartyD]

I have a VI, that I did not create, that, when opened, starts running and there are no Labview buttons (run, stop, pause, etc.) and no menus (file, edit, window, etc.) If I stop the program, it closes labview. Is there a backdoor to get into the block diagram, I would guess no, but>....

[chilly_charly]

Try to stop your vi using the utility below.

http://forums.ni.com/attachments/ni/170/100926/1/StopAnyVi.vi

CC

[tst]

Without using external code you have another two simple options. One is to use Ctrl+., which is a shortcut for the stop button, but won't help if the stop button was set to be hidden. The other is to open a new VI and drop this VI in that VI. Now, you can open it by double clicking it.

[Ray.R]

I am curious..

This Labview vi that you are trying to open, is it:

a) an editable vi, in other words : viname.vi (vi extention)
or
b) an executable vi, in other words : viname.exe (exe extention)

JLV

[MartyD]

Thanks, dropping it in another vi worked..
Marty