Edit Tab Order Bug??

[byrd01]

I've upgraded from CVI 8.1 to CVI 2010 a short while back, and while working on a project recently, I noticed that the Edit Tab Order functionality no longer seems to work properly.  I still have 8.1 installed on the same PC.  If I open an old project in 8.1 and edit tab order, everything works just fine.  I can set a value in the "Click to set" box and point to the control that I want to set and the value is applied.  However, if I do the same thing in CVI 2010, when clicking on a control that I want to set, the value is NOT set and the other control tab order values get all screwed up.  I've seen the issue on a 64bit Windows 7 Laptop as well as a 32bit Windows XP computer.

Is this a known bug??  I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere.  Should it be reported someplace else?   This essentially makes the Tab Order functionality useless, and is a bit frustrating on a panel with a large number of controls.

Thanks!

[LuisG]

This is not a known issue. Editing the tab order is supposed to work. Can you attach the .UIR that's giving you problems?

Luis

[byrd01]

I figured out my issue, and it is actually consistent in both v8.1 and 2010.  The issue is that I have a Decoration Frame around a group of controls.  When previously testing in v8.1, I did not have a frame around the controls.  That's why it worked. 

So... Once a frame was inserted (in either version of CVI), any controls that the frame surrounded could no longer be selected in the Edit Tab Order window.  Selecting ANYWHERE inside the frame only selects the frame tab order and NOT any control inside the frame.  After a little trial and error, I found that this was related to the Z-Plane order of the frame.  The frame is a bit misleading in that all the controls are clearly visible inside, but the frame still lies ON TOP of them.  Once I selected the frame and "Arrange>Control ZPlane Order>Move to Back", I could then edit the tab order of the interior controls as expected in the Edit Tab Order window.

Sorry for any confusion.  Hopefully my little snafu might help someone else at some point in the future.

[LuisG]

Yes, this behavior of frames in the Tab Order dialog is less than ideal and has caused problems before. We'll take a new look at it to see if it can be improved.

Sorry about that.

Luis