how to switch on and off part of the "control panel"

[RicardoFer]

I want to know if part of the control panel can be switched on and off by external action, as using the mouse or a boolean variable. Has someone any idea that coul help? Thanks

Ricardo

[James.M · Accepted solution]

You can disable controls using the property node and the property "Disabled". You could create a tab control and disable the whole tab control, which will disable everything inside of it.

To do this programmatically, set up your code with an event structure and create an event for when the user changes the value of a button or clicks the mouse.

See example I made:

[RicardoFer]

James: thank you very much!! I will use your suggestion. Regards

Ricardo

[RicardoFer]

I am trying to implement the solution you suggest, but I am having trouble with the use of the property node and the tab control; could you please send me the vi?

Thanks a lot

Ricardo

[James.M]

It's not a tab, I just created an array of all the control references I wanted to disable.

The above image is a Snippet. If you have LabVIEW 2014 or newer, you can drag it on to your block diagram as code. It's quite simple to make yourself though as well.

[RicardoFer]

AAAAh!! Sorry, I miss understand. Thanks