How can I get the Char String Ring Control Label from the GUI

[ASIC_LabRat]

Recalling the Ring control Text label from a GUI ring control, Not the control Label, but the label from the Indexed based Value/Pairs.

[Vishi Anand]

GetLabelFromIndex

ASIC IIBU Tech wrote:
> Recalling the Ring control Text label from a GUI ring control, Not the
> control Label, but the label from the Indexed based Value/Pairs.

[ASIC_LabRat]

For some reason, I could not find this in the NI Help file... NI, do you care to comment? what special word was needed to pinpoint this command.

[LuisG · Accepted solution]

GetLabelFromIndex is in the index of the online help, and you can also find it from the search tab. I'm not sure if this is what you mean.
If what you mean is to ask how you would be able to find it if you didn't already know its name, then I agree that just typing keywords in the search tab is probably not your best option. What I would have done is to go to the section in the table of contents that lists the set of functions to use with the list control, and then glance at what is there until I found what I needed. You won't even need to use the online help. You can just use the library function tree (User Interface Library>>Controls/Graphs/Strip Charts>>List/Tree (Label/Value) Controls). Or better yet, just start with a function you know works with
trees and then look at the functions around it.

Luis
NI

[Vishi Anand]

It is right there. Just click on library, User Interface, controls, list
controls. Same place where InsertListItems and other functions are.


vishi

ASIC IIBU Tech wrote:
> For some reason, I could not find this in the NI Help file... NI, do
> you care to comment? what special word was needed to pinpoint this
> command.

[ASIC_LabRat]

Hi Luis
That what I mean, the search yielded nothing. So with out prior knowledge I was slightly lost. So the On Line support saved me again. Thanks for that. The problem with Browsing for answers is that can be timely. Just food for thought on the search engine library team.