Constant names for Panels Vs. Controls

[Vishi Anand]

In UIR file, I can only use upto 10 chars for names of Panels, while I
can use more than 10 chars for names of controls. Why is this so? Any
work arounds?


vishi

[bilalD]

Hello

Im not sure if this is much of a limitation. The names for the panels and the controls set up the defines names for you in the UI header file. And at a certain point, its better to have shorter meaningful names for the controls than have really long define strings.
If you really think this might be limiting you in terms of development, you can use link and click on the Product feedback link to suggest increasing or perhaps removing the limit on the panel and control names.

Thanks

Bilal Durrani
NI

[Vishi Anand]

Bilal,

I was saying that I can have more than 10 chars in control names using
the CVI but not for panels. Why are controls and panels treated
differently? 10 chars for panels is limiting when you have multiple
panels in your project and you want to give them some meaningfull names
rather than PANEL_1, PANEL_2 and so on.


vishi

bilalD wrote:
> Hello
>
> Im not sure if this is much of a limitation. The names for the panels
> and the controls set up the defines names for you in the UI header
> file. And at a certain point, its better to have shorter meaningful
> names for the controls than have really long define strings.
> If you really think this might be limiting you in terms of
> development, you can use
> href="http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/nicc.c
all_me?p_action=country&p_lang_id=US">link
> and click on the Product feedback link to suggest increasing or
> perhaps removing the limit on the panel and control names.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bilal Durrani
> NI