Scale object with panel programmatically?

[ronbrown]

Is there a way to enable the "Scale object with panel" property of a front-panel object programmatically?  It doesn't appear to be possible, but I wanted to check before giving up and making a hack finding a different solution.

[vt92 · Accepted solution]

I think that the pane "set scaling" method will work for you.

[ronbrown]

In what version of LabVIEW is that available?  We're using 8.5 and I don't see that option on the Pane's property node.

[Ben]

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ronbrown wrote:
In what version of LabVIEW is that available?  We're using 8.5 and I don't see that option on the Pane's property node.

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vt92 wrote " think that the pane "set scaling" method will work for you"

I can't count how many times I failed to find a method when using a property node.

Ben

[ronbrown]

Ah.  That explains why I was so confused. I looked at the above image and INVOKE NODE looks exactly like PROPERTY NODE.  While I appreciate the (somewhat sarcastic) answer, I think it was an easy mistake to make for someone who hadn't used invoke node before.

Thank you for the assistance.

For future reference to anyone who searches for this topic:

* On the block diagram, go to Application Control Palette, and place an "invoke node"

* Right click Invoke Node, and  Link To -> Pane -> Pane

* Select "Set Scaling Mode" and wire up as seen in the above image.

[Ben]

Hi Ron,

I am sorry if my reply sounded sarcastic.  It was not intended to be so. Please accept my appology. I have many times looked for a method in a list of properties because most of the operations associated with LV objects are properties and the list of methods is relativle small. It is only after I don't find it there that I remember that is was a method and not a property I was after. Hopefully you will not have that problem. I would be fooling myself if I entertained that idea.

Thank you,

Ben

[ronbrown]

Not a problem.  Thanks for the reply.

[bienieck]

What can be the reason why my method looks differently?

[alexderjuengere]

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@bienieck wrote:

What can be the reason why my method looks differently?

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there's an implicit and an explicit version of many property or invoke (method) nodes:

https://labviewwiki.org/wiki/Control_References#Implicit_vs._Explicit_Linked

Further more, there are some property nodes which are only available in the IDE, so you can't use them in an .exe

https://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361R-01/lvhowto/enabling_vi_scripting/

http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/de/nid/209110