How to set two windows (two front panels) to appear on the same screen together, one behind another, during run mode?

[Jenjen]

In Labview, is there any way to set two windows (two front panels) to appear on the same screen together, one behind another, during run mode?

[GerdW]

Hi Jenjen,

yes. 😄

Spoiler

Use frontpanel window properties…

[sabri.jatlaoui]

Hi Jenjen,

Yes of course, you can do the thing you enumerate.

You should take a look at subpanels controls.

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/D587067E18E0E70186256D44007B91FE

Good luck.

[Jenjen]

Hi GerdW, thank you for the prompt reply. Would you mind to shed me more light on this method?

[Jenjen]

Hi sabri.jatlaoui, thank you for your recommendation. I had used this subpanel control in one of my past projects. However, I hope to see if there is any other solution than using this subpanel control method or not.

[sabri.jatlaoui · Accepted solution]

It's a pity,

Subpanel it's a great way to call subVIs and you only load code when you call him, so it's lighten your resources use.

Anyway, you could call Vi's as pop-up:

https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-2064

You could split your FP using splitter.

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361J-01/lvhowto/creating_splitter_bars_and_panes/

Or you could use tab control.

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361J-01/lvhowto/creating_tab_controls/

Regars.

[GerdW · Accepted solution]

Hi Jenjen,

LabVIEW provides properties and methods for all FP elements including the window itself.

You can set window positions and set the frontmost window using property nodes at runtime!

[Jenjen]

Hi sabri.jatlaoui, I looked on the examples and description in the links given and I think calling a subvi as "pop-up" is the one that I'm looking for. I will try this methodology in my project (which involve 1k++ of vi's). In case if it doesn't work out as what I expect, I will try on the splitter or use subpanel way.

Hey GerdW, I finally got what you meant by the example vi's attachment in the link given by sabri.jatlaoui, https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-2064.

Thanks alot for your helpful inputs and suggestions! cheers 😉