Is there an easy way to find or position a loop's iteration terminal to a visible position when it has been 'covered up' by downsizing a loop?

[Spaz]

Alas, I have been annoyed by this one too many times...

[markwysong]

I don't know of a quick way to find it. My general rule of thumb is if you are not wiring to either the iteration or continuation terminal, don't move it. Both will move with respect to the size of the while loop until wired to or moved. I know that doesn't help if you've already moved it or wired to it and it's hidden now.

Mark

[ian_fung]

Altenatively, you may wish to connect the iteration terminal with an indicater (you may want to name it with "iteration"). With that you will be able to locate it with just a right click on the indicator & find indicator 🙂

Happy trying.

ian.f

[Olivier Zimmermann]

Detecting and locating hidden items in LV control structures is a burden. For
instance if you want to supress a frame that only "seems" empty...


Control/indicators may be found from their panel/diagram object.
Only the iteration counter or end-of-loop test, IF THEY ARE NOT WIRED, will
remain in their relative place when you resize a loop the usual way. Other items
may be overlaped.
Loop-resizing/global stretching tricks using CTRL-key will move everything but
it is a bit... tricky.


Anyone has other hints ?


Spaz a écrit :

> Is there an easy way to find or position a loop's iteration terminal
> to a visible position when it has been 'covered up' by downsizing a
> loop?
> Alas, I have been annoyed by this one too many times...

[Spaz]

Jean-Pierre Drolet's excellent comment to Olivier Zimmermann's answer does not show up as a comment to this original post. Yet if you drill down to Olivier's answer by searching and open it outside of this thread it does appear. So for the benefit of anybody who gets annoyed trying to find or relocate hidden or obscurred objects on the block diagram, I have reposted the text of Jean-Pierre's comment as an answer here (albeit, somewhat belatedly)

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Jean-Pierre Drolet on 5/16/2001 said:
"In the Error List window, check the "Show Warnings" box.
All the hidden objects will then be listed. You select an object
and click "Find". The hidden object is selected and you can
bring it back in view using the arrows.

Jean-Pierre Drolet
Scientech R&D


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>
> Detecting and locating hidden items in LV control structures is a burden.
For
> instance if you want to supress a frame that only "seems" empty...
>
>
> Control/indicators may be found from their panel/diagram object.
> Only the iteration counter or end-of-loop test, IF THEY ARE NOT WIRED,
will
> remain in their relative place when you resize a loop the usual way. Other
items
> may be overlaped.
> Loop-resizing/global stretching tricks using CTRL-key will move everything
but
> it is a bit... tricky.
>
>
> Anyone has other hints ?
>
>
> Spaz a icrit :
>
> > Is there an easy way to find or position a loop's iteration terminal
> > to a visible position when it has been 'covered up' by downsizing a
> > loop?
> > Alas, I have been annoyed by this one too many times...
>"