can i use references to trigger events for objects?

[AustinPeter]

Hi,

I have about thirty front panel buttopn controls on my user interface. They are all very spread out so I cannot put them all into a cluster. I have created a reference for each one and put them into an array. Each one of the buttons when pressed I want to trigger the exact same event on an event structure, but dont want to have to create 30 duplicate event cases for each button? any ideas how I can group them so that they trigger the same case?

regards

[MikeS81]

Hi Develop-i...,

use dynamic event registration. Connect your array of control references to the "Register For Events" node and the resulting "Event Registration Refnum" to your Event Structure, there you can then select your user event.

Mike 

Message Edited by MikeS81 on 08-26-2008 03:06 PM

[TCPlomp]

Mike is right, dynamic events are the way to go.

See here I wrote a little nugget on this topic.

Ton

[AustinPeter]

cool. really appreciate the quick response there. knew it should be doable, have got it all working now. only one thing im struggling at, how do you go about labelling the dynamic event to a title of your choice?

[MikeS81]

Hi Develop-i...,

maybe there is another way, but this also works.

Mike 

[TCPlomp]

Mike is right, the label of the event is taken from the label of the wire, typecasting this gives you the ability to rename.

Here's the code for anyone interested:

 

Ton

Message Edited by TonP on 08-26-2008 05:48 PM