Legend scrollbar for Labview 8.0

[miguelc]

Anybody know if an XY graph's plot legend can be made into a scrollbar? I have several plots on one graph (up to 80), and have written a program that at run-time makes certain plot visible or not visible, depending on user input. I want the legend so the plot color will appear next to each plot.

If a scroll bar isn't possible, does anyone have any ideas on good ways to show this information?

Michael

[daveTW]

Hi Michael,
I made this VI as a suggestion. I used a multicolumn listbox to list the Plot names.
Greets, Dave

Message Edited by daveTW on 01-23-2007 01:08 AM

[miguelc]

Thanks! This was a good solution and looks like it will work for me.

On a side note, do you happen to know how to sync the two vertical scrollbars of two listboxes?

Michael

[daveTW]

Hi Michael,
you can use events to catch the mouse down and the key-focus property to determine a scrollbar-click. Lok at the attached VI.
Greets, dave

[user_1]

Hi

I need a way to attach a scroll bar to plot legend palette.

Think your vi will be useful.

But cudnt open the vi as am using labview 8.0.

Can you pls save the vi in older version?

Thanx  in advance

[RavensFan]

See Attached for LV8.0.

[user_1]

Hi

Thanx 4 the help.

I want scrollbar to be attached to the plot legend palette.

So rather than going for a multi column list box i need the standard plot legend palette with a scroll bar.

I thought the vi attached "sync scrollbars.vi " is intented for that purpose.

Thats why i asked for LV 8.0 version.

Sorry for not mentioning the vi's name in my previous post.

Message Edited by user_1 on 12-10-2007 12:22 AM

[altenbach]

user_1

You should be a litle bit more careful with the ratings you are handing out. Ravens was nice enought to attach an 8.0 version of exactly the VI you were asking for. Even if you don't like the VI or the correct answer, don't shoot the messenger.

You should know that most likely the veterans will no longer reply to your questions because of the chance that their rating average will get lowered for no good reason.

(You did a similar thing to me in another recent thread).

Message Edited by altenbach on 12-09-2007 11:02 PM

[user_1]

Thanks for the information,I will be more careful regarding the rating.

I was not aware that people are replying to posts thinking of a higher rating average rather than sharing knowledge.

And i dont know the rating criteria also-i dont know that a lower rating will decrease a persons rating average.

I thought any rating is a + point .

To the same answer 2 persons may rate differently.

Thank u for the information.I will give more attention before rating an answer.

[altenbach]

No problem. 🙂 We had many long discussions about the problems with the current rating system and it will probably change sometime in the future. Fir some background information, have a look at the following discussion:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=130&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=3517

Sorry,there is probably no real easy solution to have a scrollbar in the plot legend, except upgrading to LabVIEW 8.5. Everything else will involve quite a bit of extra coding.