log-in / Data Entry

[always smile]

hi,
can any one help me to make a page which acts as Data Entry page for me?
(I mean,have free space for the user to type detaile like
Name:.......
Date:.......
age:........etc.....,

and also I need to know how to save these data that are a mix of digit & texts?

PS:I already have a saving system in my main application that saves the Voltages for me from when I start the appl till I stop it,but I also need these log-in data,to be added some where,even to the same excel that is saving my V?

[Rkll]

There are many ways to do this.

You could prompt the user to enter his/her details before data acquisition starts using the prompt user for input VI. Then depending on how you want to save it (binary, text or spreadsheet), build a string array and then use write to (binary, text or spreadsheet) VI.

[falkpl]

From an architecture stand point make a typedf cluster (personal info cluster) with all the required fields (string name, int age.......) then I would break down the functions on this datatype that are required "personal info cluster to string.vi" that returns a string from (just an unbundle by name and a few string formators) and build up froim there.  Using the ytpdef cluster will make your application very scalable and easy to maintain in the longrun.

[Michael Ludwig · Accepted solution]

i'd agree with falkpl that putting all the controls in a cluster (and then optionally saving it as a typedef) is the simplest user interface solution.

To save that data to excel you can then turn your dates/numbers into strings using the standard vis in the numbers and date/time palette. Then perhaps save the whole of it as a 2-D array with one column of Labels and one column of data:

[[Name][Michael]]

[[Date][2010-8-17 9:47:00]]

etc.

if you make a typedef of the cluster you could then create a nice sub-vi to do the saving for you. I've attached a proof-of-concept vi in LV7.1

[always smile]

thx for your advices,