how to able or disable a string controll

[Depi01]

Hello everyone, I wanted to know how I can do to enable or disable writing in a string controll with a boolean button.

[altenbach]

You can use a "disabled" property node for the string.

(We can give more specific advice once we see your code)

[JÞB]

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@altenbach wrote:

You can use a "disabled" property node for the string.

(We can give more specific advice once we see your code)

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A Select function will also be needed to chose to write the enabled property to "Enabled<0>" when the boolean is set to enable the string control and "Disabled<1>" or "Disabled and Greyed<2>" when the boolean is in the other state.

[Emna20]

Hi,

You find attached a VI that contains a solution for your problem.

Best Regards.

[altenbach]

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@Emna20 wrote:

You find attached a VI that contains a solution for your problem.

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Some quick comments:

• If all cases of a case structure contain the same property node, that node belongs after the case structure. No need for al that code duplication.
• As has been mentioned elsewhere, a select node would be cleaner unless the cases also contain additional code. It is easier to edit and debug code if we don't need to constantly flip through cases
• It seems convoluted to use the event data node output if the control sits right there..
• There needs to be a way to define the state when the program starts, i.e. before the user presses the enable/disable button. One possibility would be to add a timeout to the same event that zero once, then infinite. (see image)
• "Disabled" and "Disabled and grayed out" are not the same and the OP needs to decide what's more appropriate. So far only "Disabled" was mentioned.