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Programatically change possible selections in radio buttons

Hello,

I'm making a dialog box asking the user to select one of multiple strings from an array, so I'm using radio buttons for this. Is there a way to make the possible selections of a radio lab with a property node? I was not able to locate a way to do this. 

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Why wouldn't you use a MENU RING instead of the radio buttons for a selection from an array of strings?  The property node of a menu ring allows for on the fly (run-time) changes to the selection options?

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That was my backup plan. I was hoping to have a nice table showing all their options without a drop-down menu like with a menu ring. I was trying to modify a table with checkboxes to have radio buttons instead since I already have the dialog window built. 

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Hi Quark,

 

use a listbox to show all possible entries. Set it to allow selecting just one item...

Best regards,
GerdW


using LV2016/2019/2021 on Win10/11+cRIO, TestStand2016/2019
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@TheStrangeQuark wrote:

Is there a way to make the possible selections of a radio lab with a property node? I was not able to locate a way to do this. 


According to the LabVIEW Help for Radio Button Properties, this is a Read-Only property, so the answer is No.

Bob Schor

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Like GerdW, I would go with the Listbox set for selecting a single item.


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You can simulate this, I guess, by making an array of cluster, where the cluster would be a Boolean control + a string control.

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Hi,

 

I was trying to modify a table with checkboxes to have radio buttons instead

Then use a listbox and their inbuilt feature to show symbols in front of the list items…

Best regards,
GerdW


using LV2016/2019/2021 on Win10/11+cRIO, TestStand2016/2019
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This sounds like it could be a fun XControl using a 2D Picture control, or a listbox with custom symbols.  A while ago I posted code on custom symbols in item selection for listboxes that allow for multiple item select.  Feel free to modify the code to use radio button symbols instead.

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I just use (hidden) sequential labels, and change captions programmatically instead

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