Possible to create custom (GUI) controls / compound controls in LabView?

[Johannes Eble]

Hello community,

I would like to know if it is possible to create user defined compound
controls in LabView.

I have a LabView program that works as follows: First the user fills
out some necessary data. Also, he decides one of three options. Then a
GUI pops up according to that option. The three option GUIs are
slightly different so it would be convenient to compose them from a
common compound control and one or more option specific controls.


Generally, I think that it would be desireable to have that feature
because it strongly supports uniformity, reusalility, and modularity.

Is it possible to create custom controls in general, for example a
radio button (I know that there already exists a *
Radio Buttons.ctl,
but is it possible to program your own *.ctl) ?

I use LabView5.1, but just tell me if this feature is only available
in a newer version or not at all.


Best regards

Johannes

[Mads]

Custom controls and indicators is no problem, just look at:

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/A9FBCAA7A3D7922186256A3000652B56?opendocument

[Johannes Eble]

Hi Mads,

thanks very much for your link.

It seems that this feature is only available in newer version (not
v5.1). Also, you can't create a custom control /indicator consisting
of several sub controls / indicators, right (I can't check it out
since I have only v5.1, but it would be nice to know)?



On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 03:32:09 -0600 (CST), Mads wrote:

>Custom controls and indicators is no problem, just look at:
>
>http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/A9FBCAA7A3D7922186256A3000652B56?opendocument

[Dennis_Knutson]

The creation of custom controls is available in LabVIEW 5.1. It's one of the pull-down menu options (I don't remember which since it's been several years since I've used 5.1). And no, you can't create a custom control that consists of multiple separate controls but you can have a custom control that is a cluster with individual controls inside.