Multiple cluster type def not updating

[jyang72211]

I have the tab controls in my cluster, because I use it in my main program, and I would like to save the tab selected in the cluster.  

[Ben · Accepted solution]

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@jyang72211 wrote:

I have the tab controls in my cluster, because I use it in my main program, and I would like to save the tab selected in the cluster.  

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The tab controls are very similar to enums so try using an enum instead of the tab control.

Re: the BUG

Yes, the type def is failing to update and the only work-around I could find was to toss the tab controls. I'll try to get an App Engineer to look into this but I can confirm the bug.

Thanks for sharing!

Ben

[JÞB]

I do not like them tabs

Maybe they will work someday.

'nuff said. 

[tst]

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@jyang72211 wrote:

I have the tab controls in my cluster, because I use it in my main program, and I would like to save the tab selected in the cluster.  

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How did you even get the tab control inside the cluster? That's not supposed to be allowed, and is quite possibly the source of your problem.

[JÞB]

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@tst wrote:

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@jyang72211 wrote:

I have the tab controls in my cluster, because I use it in my main program, and I would like to save the tab selected in the cluster.  

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How did you even get the tab control inside the cluster? That's not supposed to be allowed, and is quite possibly the source of your problem.

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cite source please

[Ben]

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@tst wrote:

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@jyang72211 wrote:

I have the tab controls in my cluster, because I use it in my main program, and I would like to save the tab selected in the cluster.  

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How did you even get the tab control inside the cluster? That's not supposed to be allowed, and is quite possibly the source of your problem.

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I knew they looked strange in the cluster but failed to recogize htat as being illlegal.

I am alos curious how it was done since I can't trick LV into letting me repeat that feat.

Jyang,

Can you give us a clue?

Ben

[Zach-H]

I'd also be interested in knowing how this was done. There is some good discussion as to why this isn't a feature of LabVIEW in this thread. 

[tst]

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@JÞB wrote:

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@tst wrote:

How did you even get the tab control inside the cluster? That's not supposed to be allowed, and is quite possibly the source of your problem.

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cite source please

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If Zach's link wasn't enough for you, you can also turn to LV itself - try to do in manually and it won't allow it. Try to do it programmatically and you get error 1060 - Object cannot contain (own) the specified object. I think that's pretty authoritative.

P.S. Personally I wouldn't mind if it was allowed, although not for UIs - http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Allow-clusters-to-have-quot-pages-quot/idi-p/1481862

[jyang72211]

I make the tab control into a type def and put it into a type def cluster.  I am not sure can I repeat this, but that was what I did.  

[Ben]

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@jyang72211 wrote:

I make the tab control into a type def and put it into a type def cluster.  I am not sure can I repeat this, but that was what I did.  

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Did you by any chance do that in an earlier version of LV?

I tried that as well and could not get it into the cluster.

Curious,

Ben