property node

[DFGray]

Private (brown) nodes are usually internal features used in specific circumstances which are not suitable for general use.  They can range the gamut from totally unimplemented to fully functional.  Some have been around for years and are incorrectly marked as private.  We have been trying to expose these.  Some are platform specific.  In general, if you see a brown node, approach it with caution.  If it is a useful function, ask on these forums for it to be exposed.  We can then make sure it works correctly before exposing it.

[dgd.gomez]

I have a question, we have seen activate the property node blue, but how I activate the property node red? Thank you.

[tst]

Red indicates that there is at least one property which has been deprecated. The only way to select such a property is to open an older version of LV where it hasn't been deprecated yet and select it there. Generally, every deprecated property has a replacement (often listed in the documentation for it), so you should just use that replacement.

[paul_cardinale]

Actually, you can also create a deprecated property node with scripting.

[tst]

I suspected as much, but figured it would just muddy the waters. Now, if that method could set properties on nested objects, like the label, then I would get excited.

[paul_cardinale]

Perhaps you mean something like this.

[tst]

That's different. Your first image shows setting items in a property node. Your working code changes properties on a control directly.

I was thinking of this, which doesn't really work, both because the API doesn't show the nested properties in the list of potential properties and because it doesn't accept them even if you know their string IDs. If you know of any way to get those things, then that plugin could actually be useful.

[paul_cardinale]

I tried several things, but couldn't find anything that worked.  Everything that I could find that gave access to an element of a property node would only reference the lowest item in the hierarchy when reading, and only the highest when writing.