display message once inside loop

[Dario316]

Hi,

I'm trying to display 2 messages to the user indicating 2 distinct conditions in my program. However, since the entire program runs in a single while loop, the messages appear over and over again. If I take the message boxes out of the loop, they both appear after one of the conditions is met. I would like each message to appear once when their corresponding condition is met, have the user click OK, then have the message disappear and have the program continue running.

Any ideas on how to do this?

Thanks,

Daryn

[altenbach]

Put it in a case structure wired to the iteration terminal. Make the empty case the default and the other case (the one with the dialog!) "0", for example.

[stevem181]

Hi Daryn,

You could use a separate loop driven with a queue:

Example attached in LV2010.

steve

[Mark_Yedinak]

Is it necessary for the user to do something or are these simply status updates. If you do not need the user to respond you may consider updating the status in some other way than to use dialog boxes. Over use of them can be quite frustrating for the user, especially if they simply are updating some status.

[Dario316]

Ok I got it to work....thanks everyone!

[camerond]

Whose advice did you use?

Cameron