String Indicator?

[Holt]

I had a customer ask me today if the VeriStand workspace had a string indicator that could be used for displaying simulation status.

1. What is the best way to implement a string indicator in the existing VeriStand Workspace?  Custom Control?

2. Do we plan on adding string indicators to future implementations of the VeriStand Workspace?

Thanks.

[PeterFoerster]

Are those blue stripes? I thought NI employes weren't allowed to open threads here...

Anyway:

1. You can do a custom control, there's a pretty good tutorial on them.

2. The workspace will be completely remodelled for this years release. I don't remember if it had strings, though.

[Eric.M]

Hello Holt,

The VeriStand engine only deals with double precision data type. Workspace objects are generally supposed to control/display channels so no need for strings. Also, strings are eager to cause jitter, which is not something you usually want in a Real-Time Testing application.

If you really want to display some strings that come from other components (Stimulus, Gateway, Custom Devices...), I'd advise you to look at the Free Label control. It's located in <Public Documents\National Instruments\VeriStand 20xx\Display Templates\

Regards,