Group Names / Group Index Display

[Julia Dawkins]

Hi,

In REPORT, VIEW and other places, the default method of showing a channel reference (while in 'name-oriented' mode) appears to be "[Group Index]/Channel Name"

I can reference channels by using "Group Name/Channel Name" myself but is there a way to set up DIAdem so that this is the default method of viewing channels in REPORT and VIEW?  Or another example, if I create a Channel Combo Box (ChnComboBox) in a SUD dialog, it would be neat for the display to be "Group Name/Channel Name" rather than "[Group Index]/Channel Name"

Thank you!

Julia Moeller

[Torba]

Hello Julia,

The default settings for name-oriented channel references can be changed by going to Settings -> Options -> General in DIAdem 10, or Settings -> Desktop Parameters -> General for DIAdem 9.1.  You will see a section on name-oriented channel references that will allow you to change the channel syntax.  Once you make the appropriate change, click  OK, and close DIAdem.  A prompt will show up notifying you that your program settings have been changed.  Choose to save the changes.  Now, the next time that you open DIAdem, the channel reference syntax should be what you last set it to.

Regards,

Mike Torba
National Instruments

[Julia Dawkins]

Thank you, that's great.  From that dialog, I used "Ctrl+A" to find out that I can set this in a script using

ExtendChnName = "NameName"

[Brad_Turpin]

Hi Julia,

You can also set a property ("Syntax") for the channel controls (DIAdem 10 and later versions only) in a SUDialog to achieve the same display customization in user-defined dialog.

Brad Turpin
DIAdem Product Support Engineer
National Instruments