Optional Scrollbar

[Philip_B]

Hello,

I desire to have a scrollbar appear in a string-display window when the text present is greater than the area to display it. I see that there is an attribute node to turn on/off the scrollbar.

However, I can find no way to merely count the lines of text displayed (from which I could do a simple >= case statement).

Is there an option that automatically makes the string-indicator display a scrollbar only if more text than space is present? Or is there a way to count lines (not just carriage returns) of the text?

(w/ Labview 5.0)

thanks
Philip_B
defense contractor

[BJD1613]

Here is the answer to your question hopefully. Try using the scroll position property. This is under the text then scroll position. Check out this example. Hope it helps.

[BJD1613]

Oh by the way there is a bug in my answer. Once you go back to scroll position 0 then the scroll bar is removed... 🙂 So you might want to disable the property after you add the scroll bar. HOpe this helps.

[BJD1613]

One more thing. This other post that I just solved might also be a solution. Look at this one: http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=100583#M100583

[BJD1613]

here is a jpg of the block diagram. I forgot you are working with 5.0. You should upgrade you are missing out!!! 🙂

[Philip_B]

BJD,
Thanks so much! Unfortunately, I can't seem to find Text.Scrollposition in my Labview 5.0 version. The closest is Scrollposition, which takes an input, and does not give an output.

[Unfortunately, the test station our product works on does not support any newer versions of Labivew. I've asked several times 😉 ]

best,
pjb

[Philip_B]

Here is my current program.

The scrollbar does not automatically appear, but rather when the cursor moves beyond the page.

Is there a way to get it to appear automatically when appropriate?
thanks
pjb