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.
>
>
