mouse enter mouse leave array cell

[rayclout]

Hello All

I have attached a vi that I am seeking help with. I have spent many hours trying to get it working, searching for examples, using the help and examples etc. but have struck the proverbial wall.

 On the tab "Plant Data" is a table with 3 columns and 15 rows which contain strings. The first column header is the meta name of a number of channels (h-On, Zac, Pac etc.).

The description coloumn contains a short description of the channel (PV string Voltage, PV string Current eyc.) The second column contains the units for the measured value (V,mA, kWh etc.).

 I have been able to get the individual cell position and collate it to an array of strings which give additional data for the entry in that cell by displaying this string in a FP display

This is what I want to happen, rather than what IS happening

Get rid of the Explanation display and use a pop up......I don't want anugly information box on the FP

Instead of using mouse down, I would like to have mouse enter (and mouse leave), THE INDIVIDUAL CELL, to make the popup disappear

Thats pretty much all that I want at the moment

If anybody could give me an idea how to do this I would be grateful.

Thank you

PS...it may not look or function as "nice" as some of the posters can do, but hey....I'm trying

Regards

Ray

[Ben · Accepted solution]

I switched to a mouse move, and pushed your text into the tip strip as well as the help then showed the help screen. Not shown is a Timeout that hides the Help screen after ten seconds.

Playwith it and adjust to your liking.

You could get fancier but start with that.

Ben

[rayclout]

Thank you Bob

I got that functioning. It's better  than I hoped.

I will play around with the text font, style and color now. I lost the itallics that are in the string array

Next procedure......when I'm happy with the solution do I:

1. Accept as solution

2. Give kudos (to you of course)

3. Close the post

4: All of the above

regards

Ray

[rayclout]

Sorry Ben.......I called you Bob......don't know where that come from

Ray

[RavensFan]

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@rayclout wrote:

Next procedure......when I'm happy with the solution do I:

1. Accept as solution

2. Give kudos (to you of course)

3. Close the post

4: All of the above

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1.  By clicking on the solution button next to Ben's message.

2.  By clicking the kudos button next to Ben's message.

3.  There is no such thing as closing the post.

[rayclout]

Ben

One further question....errr...well an observation followed by a question

It seems that the font settings within the tip strip and context help box cannot be altered. It would be nice to get rid of the sliders, border and link icons on the help box too.

Am I correct in saying this?

Regards

Ray

[Ben]

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@rayclout wrote:

Ben

One further question....errr...well an observation followed by a question

It seems that the font settings within the tip strip and context help box cannot be altered. It would be nice to get rid of the sliders, border and link icons on the help box too.

Am I correct in saying this?

Regards

Ray

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Yes.

You COULD work-around those issues by creating your own help window.

It will take some work on your part but here is the outline.

Create a new control that you store off-screen and keep it hidden. When time to show the help, move the control, and un-hide it. You can then apply the fonts you want and customize the indicators look to meet your needs.

If I have answered your intial question (since these follow-up though related are a different topic "create custom help window" ) then I would greatly appreciate your marking my replies to show which reply answered your questions and Kudos are are always welcome (we have a informal game going on between the contributors here to gather Kudos and solutions each month.

But what ever you do remember to have fun!

Ben

[rayclout]

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@Ben wrote:

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@rayclout wrote:

Ben

One further question....errr...well an observation followed by a question

It seems that the font settings within the tip strip and context help box cannot be altered. It would be nice to get rid of the sliders, border and link icons on the help box too.

Am I correct in saying this?

Regards

Ray

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Yes.

You COULD work-around those issues by creating your own help window.

It will take some work on your part but here is the outline.

Create a new control that you store off-screen and keep it hidden. When time to show the help, move the control, and un-hide it. You can then apply the fonts you want and customize the indicators look to meet your needs.

If I have answered your intial question (since these follow-up though related are a different topic "create custom help window" ) then I would greatly appreciate your marking my replies to show which reply answered your questions and Kudos are are always welcome (we have a informal game going on between the contributors here to gather Kudos and solutions each month.

But what ever you do remember to have fun!

Ben

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Ben

Done!.....the right way I hope. I sometimes get a bit edgy doing things on this forum. It's quite easy to raise the ire of too many posters and get creamed for it. I've even had students refuse to use this fourm because they don't wan't to be publcily ridiculed for making seeminlgy innocent beginners mistakes.

Regards

Ray

[Ben]

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@rayclout wrote:

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@Ben wrote:

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@rayclout wrote:

Ben

One further question....errr...well an observation followed by a question

It seems that the font settings within the tip strip and context help box cannot be altered. It would be nice to get rid of the sliders, border and link icons on the help box too.

Am I correct in saying this?

Regards

Ray

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Yes.

You COULD work-around those issues by creating your own help window.

It will take some work on your part but here is the outline.

Create a new control that you store off-screen and keep it hidden. When time to show the help, move the control, and un-hide it. You can then apply the fonts you want and customize the indicators look to meet your needs.

If I have answered your intial question (since these follow-up though related are a different topic "create custom help window" ) then I would greatly appreciate your marking my replies to show which reply answered your questions and Kudos are are always welcome (we have a informal game going on between the contributors here to gather Kudos and solutions each month.

But what ever you do remember to have fun!

Ben

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Ben

Done!.....the right way I hope. I sometimes get a bit edgy doing things on this forum. It's quite easy to raise the ire of too many posters and get creamed for it. I've even had students refuse to use this fourm because they don't wan't to be publcily ridiculed for making seeminlgy innocent beginners mistakes.

Regards

Ray

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Thank you for raising that issue.

Since the bulk of the yellow/orange/red contributors are all volunteers that contribute at their own will, I can't say that I can do anything about that.

What I can do is bring your comment up for discusion. The last thing I want to see happen is people shunning LabVIEW because we are coming across as nasty, etc.

There have been a number of discussions that we have had regarding "homework hustlers" where we have mutually agreed that we are not going to deprive students of the oppertunity to learn by doing their work for them. And since the volunteers are almost all proffesionals that could potentialy be sitting in the cubicle next to one of the "Homework Hustlers", there is also a sense of self preservation invloved as well (the last thing I want is a HH to get hired and I end up having to do their work!).

So I think you should explain to your students that we are not going to spoon feed solutions and expect effort on their part to solve their challenges. I think that this is good for them since the world after achademia seldom has answers to all questions and sooner or latter they will have gird up their loins and do it themselves.

That having been said, I will raise this issue with the regulars.

Setting expectations:

Some of our most powerful contributors can come across as old kermudgions (?sp?). If your students get corrected by one of them, they should count it as a blessing that they recieved the correction from them as written in the 23 Psalm "Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.".

So you work on your students and I'll raise this with the frequent flyers..

Your brother in wire,

Ben

[johnsold]

curmudgeon.

Thanks, Ben, for giving a clear explanation of what many of us have felt.  I am always willing to help someone learn something, in part because so many have helped me.  Like some of the other curmudgeons, I sometimes get frustrated by posters who seem unwilling to try to do anything for themselves.

Lynn