How can i get the reference to Controls from VI-reference

[OnlyOne]

Hello,
i have a VI with ~5 controls on it.
And with the Object "Current VIs path" and "Open VI reference" i can create a reference to the current VI.
How can i create now a reference to the controls? (Starting with VI-reference?
Of course i know how to create directly a reference from a control.
My idea wasm that there areperhaps properties like:
- Number of controls
- Name of control
- Type of control (string, bool. number...)

Is this somewhere there and i just dont find it?

Thanks for your help

[Jarrod_S.]

Once you have the VI Refnum, it's a two-step process. Wire the VI Refnum into a property node and get a reference to the Front Panel. Output the Front Panel reference into another property node and select the property Controls[ ], which outputs an array of references for all the controls on the front panel.

Message Edited by Jarrod S. on 04-20-2007 11:06 AM

[OnlyOne]

Hello Jarrod,
this was exactly what i was looking for.

Thank your very much for your fast help.

[JWJ]

I have a similar question which I posted new. The question is how to access the data in those controls through the references, except the label and ID?  thanks.

[Marc_A]

Just use the value property. You'll get a variant because the property node won't know what type it is, so you then have to use 'variant to data' to convert this to correct type.