want to use pushbutton group on multiple panels

[kenm987]

My application will have a dozen panels or so.  Customer wants to navigate from pushbuttons on the left side of each panel (plus I'll have status lights, etc.).  I'd like to create this "group" one time, then use it on each panel.  How do I do this?  Do I want to create an aggregate?  If so, what are the steps I take?  Is there an easier way to navigate (customer doesn't like the combobox approach).

Thanks,

Ken

[Ryan.S]

One easy way is to edit the .lks file directly. After you finish one panel, just copy and paste the codes in .lks file from one panel to another. But you need to be familiar with the .lks file.

Another way is to use the radio button instead of pushbutton.

[kenm987]

I Ended up just getting my buttons & indicators the way I wanted, then I grouped them.  Next I just copied and pasted onto the other screens.  Works fine, only had to create one menu.

[23r23]

I had the same. What I did was to create a panel that covers the whole desktop, I called Main. I put all the buttons, indicators, switches and displays of variables that are common for other screens in the right side - right edge of this main panel. Then I created 8 popup screens a little smaller than the main panel, so the common controls and displays are visible. Everything worked fine.

The work for the popup screens is the key here. The height, width, x pos and x pos of each are connected to the buttons for maximizing, so they'll appear always the same. Once open the panels can be moved but at the moment of opening, they appear with the right dimensions and in the right place.

Note: Popup panels allow you to click on controls that are in other panels without minimizing or moving back these popup panels.

Rudy