07-22-2016 08:55 AM
Any tips on how to get an embedded UI to look professional on a cRIO-9035? I'm using a bunch of arrays to run 16 tests simultaneously, and I was hoping to have everything line up. Because the 9035 runs of XFCE, though, everything is displaying differently. Is there a way to simulate the XFCE rendering on a Win7 PC, or do you all have any tricks you've used to help make sure things line up?
The attached picture is a monitor plugged into the 9035 and my laptop running Win7 (the laptop already looks a little wonky because I was trying to adjust to make things line up on the cRIO).
Thanks,
Jeff
07-22-2016 10:24 AM
These types of issues are typically due to fonts. Try using a font that you know everybody has installed.
07-26-2016 07:46 AM
Thanks for the feedback. It turned out to be a combination of using the standard font sizes (14 instead of 15), using property nodes to manage the height of array elements, and just manually adjusting things up and down to line up better.
I've attached a picture of what it wound up looking like on W7 to be square on the chassis monitor.
07-26-2016 08:24 AM
I didn't see it suggested, so I'll mention that using system controls for UI development. These control types are going to look the way the system (whatever system it is) makes it look. This usually means a better consistency of control sizes, and position.
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