@mikeporter wrote:
Whenever I use the ctrl reference inside an event case I always do things like read the control's label text to determine which control was manipulated - that way the exact number becomes a nonissue.
Mike...
Mike,
I am not comparing the exact number, I do not care what the exact number is actually - I leave that for the equal function to resolve. I am comparing two refnums that should resolve to the same front panel control. According to the documentation, the 'equal' function should return true.
Recall smercurio_fc post:
The actual values of the references don't need to be the same. The references would be "equal" if they point to the same object.
In fact, the LabVIEW Help explicitly says "When comparing VI Server references, these functions return TRUE or FALSE based on whether the two references refer to the same object, regardless of whether the references have the same value or the same capability."
So, comparing labels this would be a work around to the bug. The point is that a feature that worked properly in LV2009 and 2010 no longer worked in 2011. True, if I used labels I would never have seen this bug, but I try to avoid String compares as they are not very efficient. Also, you can have two controls with the same label. There should never be two controls with the same refnum.
Kurt
