trouble with functions/controls palettes

[Candice]

Hey everybody,

Recently I had to reformat my harddrive and reinstall Labview from scratch.

Previously, when I right clicked on the BD or FP, I would get my functions/controls palettes as a list of text for me to choose from.

Now, I can't get that back to the way it was. First, when I right click, I get only an option to choose a vi from a file. Programming, Math, Connectivity, etc. palettes are gone from that. I can go to View->Functions Palette and i get my functions palette that way, but I can't set it to the text-list only option, and I would really rather just right click my FP or BD. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

[elset191]

When you right click and it brings up the Select a control..., click the pushpin in the top left.  From here you can click on View, and then View palette as.  Text is an option. You can also Change Visibe Palettes from here.  You can change the order of the visible palettes by clicking and dragging the left side of each palette up or down.

Message Edited by elset191 on 06-18-2009 11:32 AM

[Candice]

Thanks for your prompt reply, but I am still having trouble. Attached is an image that shows what happens when I right click, and when I ask it to view as text only. Also, circled on the right is how I would like my functions palette to look all over, instead of just in that one subcatagory.

[elset191]

Hmm.  Good question.  I don't know what the issue is.

[Burt_S]

This is very strange behavior.  Was this how LabVIEW behaved the first time you opened it?  If so, you might want to try repairing or reinstalling LabVIEW. 

[Candice]

Yes; sad times. I'll reinstall someday when I have the time and see if that fixes it.

[Robbob]

Candice,

Did you happen to install LabVIEW to a different drive letter than before?  It is possible the paths were carried over(don't really see this possible if you reformatted, but it is worth a shot if you have multiple hdd's).  Check LabVIEW's paths by going to tools->options and selecting paths. From there, you will see a pulldown of different objects and the default paths. Make sure these default paths actually exist and hold the needed data.  If they are all correct, I will go with Burt's previous recommendation for a possible reinstall.

[Candice]

they all seem correct and available. Since I can view->functions palette and select "Catagory," I can see them all. However, I still cannot right click and get a menu. Therefore, that leads me to believe the vi's are there and available. So I guess I will go ahead with a reinstall. Thanks for the input. I will update if the reinstall doesn't help.

[Candice]

I used the uninstall tool and uninstalled the WHOLE thing off my machine, and reinstalled (after a repair didn't work). Ok, I've got the same problem, and it looks like although I unistalled completely, somehow, it remembered my settings! And I still have the same problem. Someone please help, I can't program like this 😞

[Candice]

Here is the sequence of events that I do not understand:

I right click, I get one option to select a vi from file (Yuck!!):

Next, I go to the functions view option and select  "Change visible catagories"

It *always* pops up as "Select a VI" as the only checked option, no matter how many times I do this loop:

So, I say Check All and hit "ok:" 

But, when hit ok and come back to the BD, I'm back to the beginning:

and you can go back to the first step and it'll look the same. Nothing is checked but "Select a VI."

It works on the Front Panel! Go figure:

with these settings in Tools - >  Options -> Pallettes

Does this help anyone who can help me?

Message Edited by Candice on 06-23-2009 10:28 AM