I was looking for a similar thing and found an excellent example on the EyesOnVIs blog.
The example method is at
http://blog.eyesonvis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/radio-button-trials3.vi
The blog post is
http://blog.eyesonvis.com/2010/08/26/labview-radio-buttons-without-frames/
Look in the comments thread starting with a post by username "Stepper".
I think this is great code and could be useful here also.