Updating drop down menu, the menu will be updated based on values in an input array

[mikeg_93]

I am trying to make a drop down menu that will display a list of values. The menu will be updated based on the parameters of another array. 

[Wolleee · Accepted solution]

Im not totally sure what youre trying to do, but i believe one option is an enum and you can update the values using property nodes.

[RavensFan]

Not an enum which has all of its items defined during edit time because the strings are compiled into the definition of the control.

You want either a menu ring or a text ring.  There you use property nodes to define the strings and values programmatically during the operation of the VI.

[Wolleee]

Thanks for the correction ravensfan. After posting that I did question if that was right. I should've checked up on it. 

[aputman · Accepted solution]

If you are referring to a shortcut menu, you can right click a control -> Advanced -> Runtime Shortcut Menu -> Edit...

Change it to a custom menu and save it to the control.  And then in an event structure, you can create a filter event (the ones with the question mark) for "Shortcut Menu Activation?" (note the question mark).

And then within that event, you will get a reference to the menu, which you can use to update the values and tags before the menu is displayed to the user.