pasting text into string control while vi is running

[david_jenkinson]

Hello,
Is there any way to enable pasting of text into a string control while a vi is running?  This would be very handy for debugging in a particular routine I am working with.

Thanks

[MikeS81]

Hi david_jen…,

what do you mean? Can you explain a little bit more in detail?

Do you mean "write text into a string control" from your program? If yes, you can use property nodes or local variables. Or if you only need the value to work with it, you can use shift registers on a loop.

Mike

[david_jenkinson]

Hi Mike,
I mean as in copying text from another program such as notepad, and then pasting into a labview control of a running program.  I only see an item in the runtime context menu "copy", but no "paste", when right clicking.  I went into the runtime menu editor of the control, and I didn't find a way to add a "paste" item, if this is even the way to do it.

[David_B]

Which version of LabVIEW are you using.  I made a simple VI with a string control in 8.5 and was able to copy and paste into the control.

[david_jenkinson]

I am using 8.5.  Did you modify the control preperties in any way? 

[Ray.R]

I just tried it in LV8.5 and it works.

See image:

Message Edited by JoeLabView on 06-11-2008 01:39 PM

[Ray.R]

Here's the VI that I tried it with:

[david_jenkinson]

interesting
I can create a new vi and have this work also.
Maybe it is because the vi I am working with was written with lv 7.0.  I'll so some experimenting.

thanks

[smercurio_fc]

You have an indicator, not a control.

[Ray.R]

As smercurio mentionned..  You are probably trying to paste to an indicator..  not a control.  If so, you can't paste..  😉

RayR