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Some created CVI executeables, which don't need access to registry entries or don't have other DLL, module or driver dependencies, so no installation (distribution kit) is required, are not running without the CVI RunTime DLLs. A menu option (macro) in the CVI editor might be fine, that copies all necessary CVI RunTime DLLs to the project directory. This helps to run the program on any computer without installation. Otherwise, I have to find and copy the DLLs to the windows\system32 folder (for which I need administrator rights) or to the folder, where the EXE file is.

The possibility, to copy the RunTime DLLs, is only in the Edit Distribution dialog available (so far no dependencies are necessary).

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Child panels of CVI still don't have MDI behavior (that means Minimize, Maximize and Close button on the right corner of the titlebar). This is Windows standard!!

I know the workaround with Windows SDK functions to generate parent and child panels, but SDK child panels are not docked to the (CVI) scroll bars of the parent panel. That means, I would have to handle the scroll bars by myself, if a child panel is outside of the view range of the parent panel. Furthermore, the title bars of the child panels do not have the appearance of the windows standard title bars of child panels, they have the appearance of parent panels.

This is still the case with CVI 2010

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When you click on a control on a panel in the *.uir file while in the Operator mode using the Integrated View, you can view the user interface events that are generated in the lower left corner, as seen below in the red box.

However, if you prefer to use the classic view, these events are not visible in the floating window that contains the *.uir file when you click on a control in the Operator mode.

Knowing these events can be useful when choosing which events to create callbacks for, and clicking on controls is a very easy way to play around with it.

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If you select an User Interface control you can move it to a new location in two ways:

through Arrange >> Control Coordinates you can set the new (X, Y) position
moving it of a predefined offset every time you press one of the keyboard arrows, or of one pixel (SHIFT + arrow)

Using the arrows is an easy way if you want to move the control of a little quantity, but it's difficult if you need for example 200 or more pixels.

Moreover with Arrange >> Control Coordinates you can set the new location for a group of selected controls using the "All" buttons.

But if you want to move a group of controls of a desired offset you can only use the arrows.

I suggest the implementation of specifying either an absolute position or an offset throug the Control Coordinates window, both for a single control and for a group of them.

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Panels and controls scrollbars have fixed size (height for horizontal ones, and width for vertical ones) that can't be changed and doesn't reflect the Operating System setting (see attachment).

For tree control, for example, there is the option "Small/Medium/Large" but this isn't enough if you're designing an user interface for a touch screen panel, where you must drag scrollbars with your finger.

The custom scrollbars are built over a graph control, and are quite ugly, compared to the Visual Studio style...

I think a fully settable scrollbar size would be a great improvement...