Resizing a .NET Container

[cirrusio]

Hello all,

I have a question regarding .NET controls - is it possible to programatically resize the container that the control resides in?  It seems that when you wire up a .NET container, all that are available are the properties associated with the .NET control which resides in the .NET container and not the container itself.

Thanks, Matt

[MarcoMauri]

If you right click on the container on the front panel and select create property node, you should find Countainer Bounds->Height and Container Bounds->Width properties.

Regards,

Marco

[cirrusio]

Thanks, Marcus.  But as it says above - programatically.  I essentially want the ability to edit the size and placement of the control in the run time environment.

Cheers, Matt

[Charles_Maxim]

Are you trying to add the control at runtime? The .net container cannot do that per se, the .net container is a LabVIEW placeholder that allows you to right-click and select the control to be added at design time. However, you can add a panel to the container at design time, then dynamically add the controls at runtime. I gave a presentation on using .net in LabVIEW at our local user group a while back. Here is a link to the write up about it. It includes my slides and code showing the use of a .net panel to dynamically create controls.

https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-22031

[MarcoMauri · Accepted solution]

Hi Matt,

following the suggesiton in my previuos post you will create  a property node that can be used runtime.

Regards,

Marco

[cirrusio]

Hmmmm...why is that so hidden.  Thanks a lot Marco.  I actually didn't use this approach, but it is very nice to know this is there.  I am probably missing something but it seems like this is hidden.  Cheers, Matt