Convert string array to enum at runtime

[Michael.Koppelgaard]

Could you give me an litte example?

[Michael.Koppelgaard]

yes - why not?

[sirwin]

Try this:

Add the sheet names to the enum control, and they will be converted to strings

[Michael.Koppelgaard]

thanks.

I'm also confused. The output is an array, and should be an enum.

[sirwin]

You said you want the user to select a sheet name stored in an enum, and that would drive the active displayed worksheet in excel. Assuming you are using the Report Generation Toolkit to do this, the input to the Excel Get Workstheet.vi is a string:

So you would need to format the selected enum value into a string:

[Michael.Koppelgaard]

Yes that's the way. But I still haven't got the enum. The output from the snip was an array.

Or am extremely stupid ? 😉 

[sirwin]

I think I understand now. You are pulling in the excel sheet names into labview as an array of strings. You then want to populate an enum control with those strings, and have the user select one to change the active worksheet?

There is no way to edit the values of an enum at runtime that I am aware of.

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@sirwin wrote:

I think I understand now. You are pulling in the excel sheet names into labview as an array of strings. You then want to populate an enum control with those strings, and have the user select one to change the active worksheet?

There is no way to edit the values of an enum at runtime that I am aware of.

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As Ben previously mentioned an enum can only be edited at edit time, is fixed a runtime. You could use your "read in array of names" to populate a  ring control, then use the output of that to index the original array of names to get the desired name to select the active sheet.

[sirwin]

I didn't think about it that way. That would certainly work. Note to self...

[Michael.Koppelgaard]

Great !
Would you be kind to make a small example ?