Loading Knob Digital Display Text Labels from External File

[KR4K]

I have a knob interface. I display it on the instrument's front panel with the digital display.

The knob controls the settings on an external GPIB switch. The value of the 6 devices selected changes. I want to see the numbers 1 thru 6 on the knob, but the knob's digital display needs to show something like "12.5-13.5 MHz BPF".

I want to load the text visible in the knob's digital display from an external file located on the machine. I will not have the possibility of changing the VI for each location.

Can you do that?

If not, would an a case or event structure containing a text indicator, with text values read in from a file, be the best apporach?

73/gus

[smercurio_fc]

Would it be acceptable to just set the knob to use text labels, and then you can have it display the labels you want right on the knob, but the underlying value would still be numeric. This would seem to better user interface as it's clear what is being selected. See attached.

[Dennis_Knutson]

If you don't have 8.0 and XControls, you can do something like the attached. I edited the knob control and then replaced the digital display with a text ring.

Message Edited by Dennis Knutson on 04-21-2006 12:32 PM