09-12-2019 11:14 AM
So I had a pretty frustrating problem occur in my VI this morning.
Basically at some point yesterday I think I grouped or locked 1 item or two in a tab control. This tab control had 9 pages, each with a xy graph or intensity graph... which all got completely "stuck" where they were.
They were not locked, but I could not select them and/or manipulate their size or move them.... I could interact with every other control/graph in every other tab, but that tab (tab 2) was completely "locked" except for switching between tabs. (also undeletable in block diagram)
Even if I would drag over the box, I could then highlight it, but do nothing with it.
I looked through a few solutions. The only thing that worked to be able to even delete them from the front panel was changing the graphs/intensity to indicators then deleting them.... This led to me having to redo the 9 tabs of graphs and reset the properties and what not....
I'm curious as to why this happened. Why was I unable to select everything and simply unlock/ungroup it. Is this a known issue?
09-12-2019 11:23 AM
09-12-2019 11:34 AM
Yes, there is a problem with my VI. However my VI is work-sensitive so I cant post my VI for you to help me with 😕 I've stated this a few times, and while I don't expect everyone to remember that, there isn't a need for frustration 😜 (I understand its frustrating when people do this, but I actually can't post mine.... its annoying for me too)
I've already found the solution of having to delete the whole tab and re-create the graphs and reset their specific properties which was a few hour ordeal.
All I'm asking is what can cause things like this, and/or if there is a fix... because its been an issue since like 2009 or something. see attached link.
I locked one graph in a tab of my tab control, and it froze the entire tab... to the point where I couldn't even unlock the stuff. I tried selecting everything, locking and unlocking, grouping and ungrouping... but in the end, the ONLY way I was able to remove the tab and locked graphs was to change them all to indicators and delete them, or delete the tab.
https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Cannot-select-delete-indicators/td-p/877250
09-12-2019 11:56 AM
Hi Jewsus,
the ONLY way I was able to remove the tab…
I would have just reverted to an older version of that VI.
Don't you use any SCC tool?
However my VI is work-sensitive so I cant post my VI for you to help me with
You cannot even create a new simple example VI to demonstrate the problem you got?
09-12-2019 01:03 PM
I couldn't just revert because I had made some big changes in how my code works and was focused in the block diagram way before I realized the front panel was locked... (I was debugging for hours yesterday and at the end of the day came across this issue).
I will try to recreate the bug with a simple VI.
Stupid question. What's an SCC tool, I'm still pretty new at this (3 months experience), so my overall knowledge is limited.
09-12-2019 01:17 PM
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