Publishing VI's on the Internet without open front panels

[Annis]

I'm using LabVIEW 6.02 and are publishing VI's on the Internet. I'm wondering if it is possible to publish VI's without having the front panels open when you are running the program?Or do they have to be open to be in memory and to be able to get updated front panels?
(I use the .snap command so it is possible to refresh and get updated VI panels.)

I also wondering if the only difference between .snap and .monitor command is that you can use the refresh command with monitor so the labVIEW display will automatic updated itself. This is not possible with the .snap command?

Thanks:)regards Anne

[mikeporter]

I've never tried to exactly what you are talking about but a similar issue comes up when printing. A front panel normally won't update unless it's open. The way to insure that it does is to have at least one property node on the routine's block diagram. When LV sees the property node, it goes ahead and updates the front panel even when it's closed.

Hope this helps...

Mike...

[Annis]

Hi Mike,

And thanks for helping me:)I tried different property nodes, but none of them simed to work...?Witch property did you choose?:)and witch reference?Should I just use a control as reference?

Regards Anne")

[mikeporter]

In terms of updating a front panel (such that it prints correctly at least) all it should take is any property node effecting the appearance of a front panel object. I frequently use this technique to progaramatically make a graph on a screen I'm printing to match the related graph on the GUI.

Mike...

[Margrete]

Hi Mike,

Thanks a lot for helping me!!
I'm attaching my VI and if you have the time, maybe you could have a look and check what's wrong. All I've done is to add a property node and I just chose any property. (I've tried different ones, but none of them gave the effect I was hoping for...)

I want the webpage to display new values every time I press the "refresh" button, but now it's just fetching the same (old) values every time.

Hope you can help me 😃

Kindly,
Anne