Option Buttons (Boolean)

[MikeW1973]

Hi all,

I wish to create 8 boolean buttons that work like option buttons. So that when i click on one button that stays on, any other button already pushed in, pushes back out.

There is a long winded way of doing this, ie. push the others out for each case or event structure but surely there is a slick way of doing this so that if i add another button, there is minimal extra code to be written

Thanks in advance

Mike

[PJS]

now it is time for the OH so critical question... what version of labview are you using?

[MikeW1973]

oops sorry - its the latest version, 8.5

[PJS]

under modern controls --> boolean, try the radio button.   It has the built in functionality you are asking for

Message Edited by Stradis on 10-11-2007 04:40 AM

[MikeW1973]

sorry i havent made myself very clear...i would like the look of the buttons to be like the modern boolean ok button on the screen (albeit with different text for every button)

Is this possible?

Regards

Mike

[TCPlomp]

Hello Mike,

you need to customize the radio control (right click->Advanced-> customize). Then you can replace the standard radio button by the one you want:


Ton

Message Edited by TonP on 10-11-2007 10:51 AM

[MikeW1973]

Thankyou both...just what im looking for

[parthabe]

Try the attached Custom control. In 7.1.

[Marc_A]

I'm not sure if parthabe's control was done this way, but you don't even need to customize each radio button to make it a regular button. It's just a cluster of booleans, so you can add buttons to it and delete the default radio buttons in it. It will work exactly the way you want.

[parthabe]

Yep, Marc! You re right. I ve forgotten.

But you dont even ned to delete & add the button of yur choice, just replacing any other button from the pallette ll suffice.