Good morning, NI LabVIEW community. I am working on a vi that displays a message to the user and then closes after five seconds. When I run the vi itself it works fine, but when it is inserted into another vi the text does not display when the vi runs for the first time. Anytime after that the text will display though. I've searched for help and fiddled around with the wiring, but I'm still having this issue. Maybe it is just not possible to do. 😞 Any help will be appreciated!

@evannfernandez wrote: Woohoo! That did it, apok! Thanks for the quick response! Jeff, I understand, but there is not a delay in the loop. Should I build this vi without a loop? There are tons of ways to built that vi that do not have greedy loops To be consistant with personal design guidelines I have mentioned around here from time to time, I'd choose something very close to this:

try making your message indicator, "visible" through property node

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Custom "display message" vi does not initially show text

Solved!

@JÞB wrote:

Forcing a redraw with a property node also worked I assume but, simply masked the real problem and without datadependancy between the greedy loop and the p-node you are left at the mercy of the compiler as to when exactly that redraw is requested.

you are CORRECT! my bad for the "band aid"...the marked solution should really be your post