creating several subpanels in a loop from a table of references

[tycho75]

Hi all,

I have a question concerning subpanels: how is it possible to use the "Insert VI" invoke node in a loop ? When I do this, using a table of references to my subpanels as an input, only the last panel stays on display.

Thanks in advance !

T

[crossrulz]

I'm not sure I understand.  Can you share some code so that we have a good reference.

[tycho75]

Here is a screenshot of my test.

[crossrulz]

Yes, the last reference you pass into the Insert is the one that will be in the subpanel.  What did you expect to happen?

[Mark_Yedinak]

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@crossrulz wrote:

Yes, the last reference you pass into the Insert is the one that will be in the subpanel.  What did you expect to happen?

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Just for clarification, they all will be loaded but only the last will actually get displayed. It is just that the loop will run fast enough that the user will not see the other subpanels being loaded. Not sure if the compiler would be smart enough to bypass even trying to load the other ones or not. Either way, only the last one will be active.

[tycho75]

Thanks for your answers.

So there is no way to make something like this work ?

[Mark_Yedinak]

In order to display multiple items you would need to have multiple subpanels. A single subpanel can only display one thing.

[SimonH]

Tycho,

Only one VI can be in a SubPanel at any time and you can't create new SubPanels on your front panel at runtime.  You can load VIs into SubPanels but the SubPanel must exist.

You could do something like this where you create a bunch of SubPanels, load your VIs into the SubPanels in a loop, and then hide the SubPanels you aren't using:

Getting more advanced you could programatically move and resize those SubPanels to ensure they take up all the available space.

Hope this helps,

Simon

[tycho75]

Hi Simon,

Thanks for your answer.

How do you get this:

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Cheers,

T

[Mark_Yedinak]

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@tycho75 wrote:

Hi Simon,

Thanks for your answer.

How do you get this:

?

Cheers,

T

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Create your subpanels. Place a VI server Reference constant on yoru block diagram. Right click on it and link it to your desired subpanel.