10-18-2010 09:43 AM
I have a VI that I inherited, and I need to reduce the size of the front panel. Unfortunately, there is a gray rectangle on the FP that I cannot resize. When I click on it, nothing happens. I cannot select it. In the attached picture you can see a tab control, and behind it is the gray "box". When I try to resize the FP, it stops when it gets to this "box". What the heck is it?
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10-18-2010 09:52 AM
Looks to me like it might be an ActiveX container or some other type of container? Might be a decoration. Can you move the tab control and then click-drag to enclose the object to select it and move it and/or delete it? Can you Can you post the VI?
10-18-2010 10:33 AM
I was mistaken. The window size property was set, and it just appeared that I couldn't reduce below the size of the object. I would still like to know what the object is. I deleted everything from the wiring diagram and it is still there. I can select it with a click and drag or with "select all", but I can't move it, delete it, or resize it.
10-18-2010 10:49 AM - edited 10-18-2010 10:49 AM
According to LV it's a decoration. I put this code on the block diagram to get a list of items on the front panel.
10-18-2010 11:08 AM
Try clicking the Reorder button (the two arrows creating a circle) on the toolbar and see if the decoration is locked. If it is, unlock it.
10-18-2010 11:48 AM
Thank you tst, you got it! I knew it had to be a decoration, but I had never encountered a locked item on the FP. Thanks for the knowlege.