How to create a chain of buttons?

[dragonite123]

Hi, I'm new to using labview and I want to create a simple program such that when a user selects a button another button would show up.

i.e. If user selects LED, then on the front panel 2 other buttons would appear to prompt the user which LED should be on. If the user selects motor, then 3 buttons would show on the front panel whether it is turning left, right or to stop it.

I was wondering if this is possible. If so, I was wondering how to go about doing this.

Thanks for the help in advance!

[apok · Accepted solution]

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@bluexdestination wrote:

Hi, I'm new to using labview and I want to create a simple program such that when a user selects a button another button would show up.

i.e. If user selects LED, then on the front panel 2 other buttons would appear to prompt the user which LED should be on. If the user selects motor, then 3 buttons would show on the front panel whether it is turning left, right or to stop it.

I was wondering if this is possible. If so, I was wondering how to go about doing this.

Thanks for the help in advance!

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if you rt click on the buttons you wish to show on the front panel, create>property node.... there is a property call 'visible'. make these false upon initialization and then true when your LED or Motor buttons are true

[RavensFan]

Yes.  You would use property nodes of those other controls to set their visibility.

[Nghtcrwlr]

You could start working out with something like this. Hide the LED2 & LED 3 Controls in the front panel. When you start the program and click LED, the Othertwo buttons become visible. 

 

[RavensFan]

Equal to True?  That's a Rube Goldberg.  Just wire the boolean through.

Assuming the other cases of the case structure have the same property nodes and just the other boolean value, then that is all a Rube Goldberg also.  Just wire th value into the property nodes directly, or wire a NOT function in in case you need to change True to False or False to True.

[apok]

this all depends on whether it is a latch or switch

[RavensFan]

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@apok wrote:

this all depends on whether it is a latch or switch

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How do you figure that?  Please explain further.

[apok]

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@RavensFan wrote:

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@apok wrote:

this all depends on whether it is a latch or switch

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How do you figure that?  Please explain further.

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ouch,my mistake...was not thinking

note to self: cut back on coffee

[Nghtcrwlr]

The LED is a Switch when released. No latch. thanks RavensFan for pointing out the  Rube Goldberg. I guess i was a bit high on coffee yesterday 😛

[dragonite123]

Thanks for all the help guys! 🙂