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I have old vi that save with the following setup,
- run when opened
- Dialog box
- Allow user to close window
- Disable toolbar, menubar
- Disable run button, continous run button
- Disable abort button, debugging
but now I would like to modify the s/w.
How can I recover the vi diagram?
Any help would be highly appreciate.
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If nothing else, if you're in Labview6 you should be able to load the VI
into memory without actually opening (and running) it, then change the
properties you list below, then open the panel- all using VI Server. This
will then open the panel without running the VI and you'll have the menus. I
don't know if VI Server in LV5 has as many options for this, but if you
don't have LV6 it's worth looking into.

If you have a few of these you could put a little bit of effort into the VI
and turn it into a general utility that takes a VI name and pops the front
panel up with any such obscuring settings temporarily disabled.

svp wrote in message news:3a41b810@newsgroups.ni.com...
>
> I have old vi that save with the following setup,
> - run when opened
> -
Dialog box
> - Allow user to close window
> - Disable toolbar, menubar
> - Disable run button, continous run button
> - Disable abort button, debugging
> but now I would like to modify the s/w.
> How can I recover the vi diagram?
> Any help would be highly appreciate.
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VI Server will do the job.
You can also put the VI on the diagram of a new VI and double-click on it:
it will open in edit mode. Ctrl-double-click will open the diagram directly.

There is also a well hidden utility "Set Block Diagram Open.vi" in
vi.lib\utility\sysinfo.llb.

Jean-Pierre Drolet


----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Graham"
Newsgroups: comp.lang.labview
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: recover vi diagram


> If nothing else, if you're in Labview6 you should be able to load the VI
> into memory without actually opening (and running) it, then change the
> properties you list below, then open the panel- all using VI Server. This
> will then open the panel without running the VI and you'll have the menus.
I
> don't know if VI Server in LV5 has as many options for this, but if you
> don't have LV6 it's worth looking into.
>
> If you have a few of these you could put a little bit of effort into the
VI
> and turn it into a general utility that takes a VI name and pops the front
> panel up with any such obscuring settings temporarily disabled.
>
> svp wrote in message news:3a41b810@newsgroups.ni.com...
> >
> > I have old vi that save with the following setup,
> > - run when opened
> > - Dialog box
> > - Allow user to close window
> > - Disable toolbar, menubar
> > - Disable run button, continous run button
> > - Disable abort button, debugging
> > but now I would like to modify the s/w.
> > How can I recover the vi diagram?
> > Any help would be highly appreciate.
>
>
VI Server will do the job.
You can also put the VI on the diagram of a new VI and double-click on it:
it will open in edit mode. Ctrl-double-click will open the diagram directly.

There is also a well hidden utility "Set Block Diagram Open.vi" in
vi.lib\utility\sysinfo.llb.

Jean-Pierre Drolet


----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Graham"
Newsgroups: comp.lang.labview
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: recover vi diagram


> If nothing else, if you're in Labview6 you should be able to load the VI
> into memory without actually opening (and running) it, then change the
> properties you list below, then open the panel- all using VI Server. This
> will then open the panel without running the VI and you'll have the menus.
I
> don't know if VI Server in LV5 has as many options for this, but if you
> don't have LV6 it's worth looking into.
>
> If you have a few of these you could put a little bit of effort into the
VI
> and turn it into a general utility that takes a VI name and pops the front
> panel up with any such obscuring settings temporarily disabled.
>
> svp wrote in message news:3a41b810@newsgroups.ni.com...
> >
> > I have old vi that save with the following setup,
> > - run when opened
> > - Dialog box
> > - Allow user to close window
> > - Disable toolbar, menubar
> > - Disable run button, continous run button
> > - Disable abort button, debugging
> > but now I would like to modify the s/w.
> > How can I recover the vi diagram?
> > Any help would be highly appreciate.
>
>
VI Server will do the job.
You can also put the VI on the diagram of a new VI and double-click on it:
it will open in edit mode. Ctrl-double-click will open the diagram directly.

There is also a well hidden utility "Set Block Diagram Open.vi" in
vi.lib\utility\sysinfo.llb.

Jean-Pierre Drolet


----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Graham"
Newsgroups: comp.lang.labview
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: recover vi diagram


> If nothing else, if you're in Labview6 you should be able to load the VI
> into memory without actually opening (and running) it, then change the
> properties you list below, then open the panel- all using VI Server. This
> will then open the panel without running the VI and you'll have the menus.
I
> don't know if VI Server in LV5 has as many options for this, but if you
> don't have LV6 it's worth looking into.
>
> If you have a few of these you could put a little bit of effort into the
VI
> and turn it into a general utility that takes a VI name and pops the front
> panel up with any such obscuring settings temporarily disabled.
>
> svp wrote in message news:3a41b810@newsgroups.ni.com...
> >
> > I have old vi that save with the following setup,
> > - run when opened
> > - Dialog box
> > - Allow user to close window
> > - Disable toolbar, menubar
> > - Disable run button, continous run button
> > - Disable abort button, debugging
> > but now I would like to modify the s/w.
> > How can I recover the vi diagram?
> > Any help would be highly appreciate.
>
>
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