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LabVIEW
Is there a way to stop a SubVI from the main VI?
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@LearningLabVIEW wrote:
What is that icon with the gear wheel? I am not seeing it in my functions pallet.
These pictures are actually LabVIEW snippets, so you can just download them and then drag the image to the block diagram and they will turn into real code.
I would suggest that when you have followed the advice of doing some tutorials, create sample code and post it here. Then we can give better advice.
As to the initial question "I want to give the user the option to hit a stop button and that button in the main vi will stop the sub vi while it is running", there are many ways to achieve this. Here is one way (just showing a picture so you can learn where to find the things and do it yourself):
@LearningLabVIEW wrote:
What is that icon with the gear wheel? I am not seeing it in my functions pallet.
Variant To Data.
Found in Cluster, Class & Variant>Variant or Connectivity>Variant, or use quick drop.
Search LabVIEW like a graph! 