how to initialize many controls

[nitad54448]

Hi

I have a state machine and in the init state I am putting all controls in my app (many, more than 50) into a big cluster that I pass into a SR and through the states. This init state is ugly with all the controls there and takes a lot of real estate. Is there a different way to do that ?

Thanks

[altenbach]

• Combine related controls into front panel cluster.
• Use arrays of controls.

Hard to give more specific advice without seeing your code (or a simplified version of it). 😄

[nitad54448]

Hi

Thanks for answering. I attach a piece of code but I don't think is relevant. For the clusters, I find them ugly and besides, I need to initialize the clusters too.

The array of controls might be a solution (if thery are of the same type), can I use different labels for elements ? Otherwise it will be a pain to remember that control(15) means "temperature', for instance..

regards

n

[altenbach]

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@nitad54448 wrote:

For the clusters, I find them ugly and besides, I need to initialize the clusters too.

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Cluster containers can be made transparent and the containing controls arranged the same as they are now. Overall, it will just look as pretty or ugly as it was before :D. While the FP would not look any different, the diagram would replace N terminals with a single cluster terminal for N times simpler code. Make the big cluster a cluster of arrays and clusters.

[nitad54448]

OK, I got it..

But if I want to change a value in a cluster that itself is in the big cluster, I need to unbundle twice ?

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

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@nitad54448 wrote:

OK, I got it..

But if I want to change a value in a cluster that itself is in the big cluster, I need to unbundle twice ?

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No. You can drill down in a single unbundle (or bundle) node as long as you do it "by name".

And if all elements have nice names, it also makes very readable and self-documenting code. 😉