Output label text of selected Radio Button as string

[wildcatherder]

I'm using LabVIEW 2011 version 11.0 (32-bit) on Windows XP.

[Darren · Accepted solution]

That "codeless" radio buttons is not a standard core LabVIEW control.  I did a google search for "radio buttons (codeless)" and found a few entries that seem to indicate it's a customized control that is installed with a LabVIEW add-on of some kind. If you could drop one in a blank VI, save it, and post it to this thread, we can see if there's a way to pull that string out some non-standard way.

[wildcatherder]

You must be correct.  I remember adding some modules through the VPIM.  There is no simple way to distinguish these from the core controls, since LabVIEW recommends third-party controls be added to the standard palettes. I can only apologize for the wild goose chase.  I am withdrawing the question and will be able to work around this issue.

[P@Anand]

OpenG also provides these kind of controls?. I just wanted to know as I have never used OpenG functions

[wildcatherder]

For anyone who does want to play around with this control.  I have attached it as Radio Buttons (codeless).  I wish I could attribute the source.

[nathand]

It's a modified slider.  Use the TextLbls[] property and index array to get the text.  Something like this, but an implicit property node is fine (the snippet tool unfortunately automatically converts it to an explicit one).

[Darren]

Thanks for posting the VI, wildcatherder.  And well done, nathand, in discerning that it's a slider control...I honestly did not consider that possibility when looking at the OP's screenshot.  I knew it was too old to be an XControl...I was trying to figure out how to do that customization with a text ring or something...never considered a slider.

And here's a screenshot (not a snippet) illustrating more clearly what nathand was mentioning regarding the use of an implicit property node to get the Text Labels:

[wildcatherder]

Thanks for the solution and the additional information. I couldn't figure out how to get the slide refnum.

[Darin.K]

Not that certain individuals around here need more ammo, but the Icon View of the terminal in the screenshot earlier was actually a BIG clue as to what was going on.