How to programmtically build controls indicators that are grouped together.

[eli.barber]

I Basically have a group of controls/indicators where the number that exist change from a text file that is read.

The Data is also controls and indicators, so i have to be able to individually enable/disable them and uniquely update their captions, which is why I don't a simple array would work. How can I programmatically create these controls and indicator groups (up to 12). That are spaced evenly and can be unqiely controlled (programmatically) after creation? OOP? Xcontrols?

 

[GerdW · Accepted solution]

Hi eli,

you cannot programmatically "create" controls in LabVIEW.

But you can create them at edit time, hide them programmatically on the frontpanel and show them programmatically when needed!

[huonwu1]

With simple functions requiring a user interface the tab control provides a nice way to select a mode or create a wizard style sequence of steps the user could then accomplish. Or you can allow the tabs to show up and create a configuration dialog, the use cases are numerous. A word of warning though, the complexity of the function starts to increase rapidly when you add pages to your tab control, so it may not be a good idea to use tab control for your main user interface in complex or heavy/large applications.