Create refnum for control programmatically

[sensorble]

Is it possible to create a reference to a front panel control programmatically?

[mikeporter]

You can open a reference to a VI and from that get an array of all the controls on the front panel, is that what you mean?

Mike...

[BrandonS]

I will attach a VI that retreived all front panel controls through Open VI reference. Hopefully this is what you were looking for. I will attach it in LabVIEW 6.0 version

[FabiolaDelaCueva]

What if the control is inside a tab?

I have most of my controls inside a tab and the property node of Controls for pane does not return those controls.

[johnsold]

You need to take the Tab refnum and connect it to a property node to get the refnums of the controls on the Tab. From memory I do not recall whether that works page by page or gets all the controls on the tab. Similarly, you can get references to the controls in a cluster or the digital display(s) of a knob... Messy, but useful.

Lynn

[Ben]

To calify Lynn's reply

Tab ref >>> Pages >>> controls on page

And to update the original thread...

FP >>> Panes >>> controls

Ben

[Slyfer]

 What should I do if I want to get programmatically a control reference, and set his increment.

Do I have to iterate all the FP.controls[] ?

Example: When I click one of the buttons labeled "Multiplier x" (x=1,2,3, etc...), I want to change the "increment" property of another control labeled "Value x" (x=1,2,3, etc...).
See figure, confirm if there is better solution (that is *direct* access to a control reference by naming its label)
Thanks

[johnsold]

I think what you are showing will work.  I do not know of any way to get the direct access you asked about.

What is your concern about this approach?  The time it takes should be insignificant compared to the speed of the user, even if you have many controls on the panel.

Lynn 

[Slyfer]

Indeed it's not working as I imagine because I just discovered there is no property access to "limit".

Even if it worked, it is suboptimal! 🙂

[Ben]

Take a look at this Nugget on using Control references. When you cast the reference as the proper type, you can access the properties of the widget. Here is a preview.

 

Ben