Enter run time in hours / mins / secs on the front pannel

[Steve Blackwell]

I am trying to get a pop up VI to run alongside my main program. While the measurment parts of my software run I want a VI to pop up and display the run time in hours / mins / secs. Once the main VI ends its sequence, I want the timer VI to close down again. It sounds easy and maybe it is, but can I get it to work ........... HELP !!

[nelutzu]

Hello.

Maybe this help, if I understood corectlly.

Good luck.

Vlad

[Ben]

Drop numeric on FP.
Right-click and choose "Format & Precision"
In the "Format" drop down choose Time and Date.
Adjust details to your liking.

Ben

[storeyk]

I have created an example program for you (in LV 6.0). Basically a time window will popup at the start and show the runtime (calculated, so starts at 0 hours), and when you stop the Main vi the time window will close. The time is updated at every loop of the Main vi. All of this is achieved through VI server as you will see.

I hope this helps you.

Kim