which child panel is selected

[Kiran]

Parent panel has two child panels. I can select one of the child panels by clicking on the menu bar of the child panels.

How can I know which child panel is selected at any moment in my program. I tried ATTRIB_ACTIVE & ATTRIB_DIMMED already.

Thanks a bunch for your help,
Kiran.

[arnaud]

Try SetActivePanel(panelHandle);


Kiran wrote in message news:<5065000000080000000EEE0000-1079395200000@exchange.ni.com>...
> Parent panel has two child panels. I can select one of the child
> panels by clicking on the menu bar of the child panels.
>
> How can I know which child panel is selected at any moment in my
> program. I tried ATTRIB_ACTIVE & ATTRIB_DIMMED already.
>
> Thanks a bunch for your help,
> Kiran.

[Jeremy_L]

You can try using GetActivePanel, which returns the panel handle of the active panel (panel currently receiving keyboard events). Also, as posted before, if you want to programmatically have a panel selected, use SetActivePanel, and pass it the panel handle of the panel you want.

Jeremy L.
National Instruments

[Guillaume Dargaud]

> Parent panel has two child panels. I can select one of the child
> panels by clicking on the menu bar of the child panels.
>
> How can I know which child panel is selected at any moment in my
> program. I tried ATTRIB_ACTIVE & ATTRIB_DIMMED already.

Use GetPanelAttribute (, ATTR_ACTIVE, ) on each to see which one is active, or put a callback in
them to catch the EVENT_GOT_FOCUS event.
--
Guillaume Dargaud
http://www.gdargaud.net/
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