Lots of Boolean indicators

[ahhah]

My front panel has three tabs that are populated with lots of boolean indicators.  What's the best way to minimize the mess on the block diagram.  I'm also using references for a number of boolean controls as well. 

[johnsold]

That really depends on what you are using them to indicate.  Arrays and clusters are the first things that come to mind.  If they represent some kind of image or visual display as opposed to individual signals an intensity graph might be a consideration.

Lynn

[Ranjeet_Singh]

The best way is use one array of boolean for each tabs as johnsold suggested. That will make the front panel clean and in the block diagram you can mangae them easily.

[ahhah]

That will work if the indicators are together in a line.  My indicators are spread out over a graphic.  Perhaps if I make the graphic and the many indicators part of the control?

[ben64]

---

@ahhah wrote:

That will work if the indicators are together in a line.  My indicators are spread out over a graphic.  Perhaps if I make the graphic and the many indicators part of the control?

---

You can put them in a cluster, customize the cluster to make its size the same as the graphic and make its background transparent and then put the cluster over your graphic (assuming you don't do any graph manipulation ion the GUI like moving cursors).

note: set the cluster autosizing to none.

Ben64

[Yamaeda]

Addendum, if you use the cluster idea, you can use cluster to array to handle it with the nice array functions when needed.

/Y

[johnsold]

Please post your VI along with an indication of what you like and do not like about the way you are doing it now. Otherwise we are guessing about what you want.

Lynn

[Ranjeet_Singh]

Post your VI in 2011 compatible format. Will deal with it.