LabVIEW
Delete plot definitions from chart
I know I have 27 defined plots - that's precisely what I'm trying to delete. If I go to Properties -> Plot and replace each plot name with a blank, they don't go away. They just have no plot name anymore.
If I programmatically do the same thing, they still remain. There simply seems to be no way to remove defined plots - at all! Programmatically or otherwise! LV is starting to get me mad
Message Edited by Thoric on 07-23-2008 02:16 PM
If I programmatically do the same thing, they still remain. There simply seems to be no way to remove defined plots - at all! Programmatically or otherwise! LV is starting to get me mad
Message Edited by Thoric on 07-23-2008 02:16 PM
Hi Thoric,
i think you have to do it manually. If you go to the properties and clear the names for all from 12 to 27, then they are deleted. Thats the way i did it. 
Mike
This is what I have now, having cleared the plot name entries in the Properties dialogue manually. Clearly they still exist. I just can't shift them! 
Message Edited by Thoric on 07-23-2008 02:22 PM
Message Edited by Thoric on 07-23-2008 02:23 PM
Message Edited by Thoric on 07-23-2008 02:22 PM
Message Edited by Thoric on 07-23-2008 02:23 PM
Hi Thoric,
but after closing the propertie window they should be deleted.
Mike
[EDIT] If you simply change the number from 11 to 12 and back (on the first page) then all others are also gone [/EDIT]
[/EDIT]Message Edited by MikeS81 on 07-23-2008 03:28 PM
Nope. I've even closed down LV. Restarted LV and loaded the vi. They're still there, as in that screenshot above.
Out of curiosity I saved the vi as version 8.0, and loaded it into LV 8.0. In there, I removed the string entries, and indeed they DID disappear.
It would seem there are differences between 8.0 and 8.5.1 (which I'm using). Clearly in 8.5.x you are allowed plot entries with a blank string, whereas in 8.0 a blank string can be used to indicate the plot is no longer needed and hence LV deletes it.
Out of curiosity I saved the vi as version 8.0, and loaded it into LV 8.0. In there, I removed the string entries, and indeed they DID disappear.
It would seem there are differences between 8.0 and 8.5.1 (which I'm using). Clearly in 8.5.x you are allowed plot entries with a blank string, whereas in 8.0 a blank string can be used to indicate the plot is no longer needed and hence LV deletes it.
MikeS81 wrote:[EDIT] If you simply change the number from 11 to 12 and back (on the first page) then all others are also gone
Hi Thoric,
this works.
Mike
Aha! That worked!!!! Brilliant! Your edit suggestion of changing the number from 11 to 12 worked perfectly! It removed the plots with no name! How can I do this programmatically though?????
You are right. I do not need to worry as long as I set the defined plots to none.
For those interested, see the attachment. The vi will draw 18 lines and auto-manage the legend. Click Remove 16 plots to remove all but the last two. The legend will shrink automatically.
This works perfectly for me! Thank you very much for your assistance Mike, couldn't have done it without you!
(Unfortunately I can't rate your messages, I don't have enough posts yet apparently )
For those interested, see the attachment. The vi will draw 18 lines and auto-manage the legend. Click Remove 16 plots to remove all but the last two. The legend will shrink automatically.
This works perfectly for me! Thank you very much for your assistance Mike, couldn't have done it without you!
(Unfortunately I can't rate your messages, I don't have enough posts yet apparently
)