Pop-up Message

[labtech5555]

I am looking to know how to create a popup message like "Please Wait" that stays on the screen for

say 3-5 seconds then goes away ?

So far all the messages i have created come up with the click "ok" button before the message can be closed.

Had a look at older posts but really looking for an example with a picture attached of the diagram but

so far not found one.....I am using Ver 8.0.

Hope somebody can advise.

Thanks,

              Labtech5555

[TWGomez]

Create your own subvi. Use a loop that terminates immediately, but with a specified wait period. The front panel would be taylored to how you want the message displayed. Have inputs for the wait time and the message (even color and size of text if you want to be fancy)

[falkpl]

make modal dialog vi with a wait in it and message on front screen should take very little time.  If you want it to wait for a specific amount of time you can pass it a notifier and use a while loop.  You might also consider setting the busy cursor before your time consuming action and then unset it after.

Paul