numeric indicator in block diagram

[donomark]

Hi,

I'm rather new to Labview and in the past I've used for years Matlab Simulink. For this reason probable I'm going to ask a question that it's not correct referring to Labview.
In Simulink it was possibile in a very easy way to add a numeric indicator to show the values of a signal. In Labview I see that there are the probes but in reality I would like to add to the schematic block diagram a numeric indicator (I don't want it to appear  on the front panel) to show the actual values.  To add numeric indicators around the schematic would be much more practical than probes around the screen.
May you suggest something that I could use for this purpose?
Is it possible to enter a numeric values directly from block diagram when the application is running and without using the front panel component? As far I see now I could use constants in the block diagrams but I can change their values only if I'm in pause mode.
Thank you for your help.

[devchander]

Well, those kind of operations are not possible in LabVIEW

[GerdW]

Hi donomark,

there's no way to directly input or display values in the block diagram. You can use probes or indicators on the frontpanel.
For changing values when the vi is running you can put a control on the frontpanel.
Other trick (maybe useful for bigger applications) is to put several controls into a global variable. You can change those control too while your vi is running - kind of quick'n'dirty admin control feature .

[Ben]

Meassgae deleted.

Ben

Message Edited by Ben on 08-08-2007 08:35 AM