Runtime front panel

[LED47]

I have a VI I'm trying to modify

When I press run the front panel comes up in the run only mode.
I want to turn that off- how do I do it?

[altenbach]

If you press run, you are in run mode and you cannot edit until you stop..

If your Vi is in run mode without actually running, press ctrl+m to go back to edit mode.

[LED47]

Thanks let me ask it a different way...

          Normally as the program is running I would see at least the taskbar and some controls... Like stop

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

Check VI properties..windows appearance.

(Set it back to default or change your current customization.)

[Bob_Schor]

VIs have "Properties".  Open your Top Level VI, right-click on its icon in the upper right corner and choose "VI Properties".  Make the category "Window Appearance" and choose "Custom", then press "Customize".

Look at the options on the left.  If you turn off "Show Abort" and "Show Run", you won't be able to see these controls on the Front Panel.  Is this the cause of your problem?

Bob Schor

[LED47]

Okay thank you everyone that was the answer

[altenbach]

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@Bob_Schor wrote:

Look at the options on the left.  If you turn off "Show Abort" and "Show Run", you won't be able to see these controls on the Front Panel.  Is this the cause of your problem?

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In this case, it seems "show menu bar" and "show toolbar when running" were turned off. (If the toolbar is not shown, the visibility settings of these buttons (abort, run, etc.) is irrelevant.

[GerdW]

Hi LED,

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@LED47 wrote:

Normally as the program is running I would see at least the taskbar and some controls... Like stop

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This is a great mis-conception!

NORMALLY your user should NOT see any "default LabVIEW" taskbar!

Do you see any "IDE taskbar" in other tools like MSWord or Chrome?

[LED47]

Yes I see what you're saying, Currently I'm in a very early stage of development on this and my users are very few and they're well aware of what we need to do as far as the taskbar Start Stop ETC

Thank you for the input

[altenbach]

During development it should be left at the defaults. Once you built a standalone application, the toolbar should not be there and the menus should be custom.