setting visibility in LABView

[Charel]

Hi all!
I have a question regarding a frontpanel setup in LABView 7.1. I have an application where I have a huge amount of indicators that need to be managed. I would like to be able to make certain indicators invisible so that I can show only the relevant indicators at any given time. I would like to do this by means of a simple button click or checkboxes. Are there any examples which incorporate something like this, and is it even possible, or am I wasting my time??

Any advice here will be greatly appreciated!

Best regards
Charel Marais

[PauloM]

Hi,

It is possible, you have to deal with properties.

Look at attachment

Hop it helps,

Paulo

[falkpl]

Setting visibility can help with your GUI (using the prop nodes)but if you have a huge number of controls and indicators you should consider grouping indicators with tab controls (much less programming and more extensible) and even moving some options to the menu.  Just some ideas which has helped me out with a GUIs in the past.  GUI development is hard stuff and it seems to be as much an art as a science.  Simple almost always is better however.

Paul

[Charel]

Hi PauloM,

Thanks for the properties VI, it was exactly what I had in mind! I have one other question regarding the same issue. Is it possible to group some elements together that I can switch the visiblity property for more than one indicator using only one click, instead of having a new switch for each seperate element??

Thanks again for your help!

Regards

Charel

[PauloM]

Hi,

I modified the properties.vi to show you how to work over several controls with one led.

Hope this helps,

Paulo