XControl Captions

[bfarley]

I'm trying to set the Caption.Text property of an XControl.  I get an error that says:

"In run mode, LV cannot get or set a property for a control that has not been created."

The control is on the front panel.  What does this mean?

TIA,

Bill F

[johnsold]

Bill,

You need to go the front panel and select "Visible Items: Caption." This "creates" the caption. After that it can be manipulated by the property node.

Lynn

[bfarley]

Doh!  Ok got that.  Now a follow up.  Can I set the XControl caption inside the XControl itself?  I can get a "this" ref to the XControl. but it is a VI ref, and hence does not have a caption property.  I know I could fake it by using a transparent string control, or the caption of another control that is not otherwise being used, but that doesn't meet my needs totally as I would like the caption be be located at different places relative to the XControl

Thanks,

Bill F

[johnsold]

Bill,

I have not worked with Xcontrols enough to answer that one.

Lynn

[TCPlomp]

Inside the Facade VI, the Container State control contains a reference to the actual XControl.

To read a little bit more on XControl see here.

Ton

[bfarley]

TonP,

Thanks.  I've got it doing what I want now.

Bill F