Setting tabbing order of FP Controls through VI scripting

[warren_scott]

Have a bunch of VIs that have the Tabbing order of their FP controls all messed up.

Looking for a way to set the tab order of items programmatically through VI scripting. 

I found that I can set the flag to "skip when tabbing", but can't find a way to set the actual tab order through VI Scripting.

Any hints/suggestions (other than just manually going through every VI and doing it by hand through edit >> Set Tabbing Order).

Thanks!

[jcarmody]

I couldn't see anything, but I did find this old post - http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Dr-Damien-s-Development-Programmatic-Tab-Order/m-p/819798

It makes me think you couldn't do what you're looking for, back in 2008.  Maybe something has changed.

[Jacobson-ni]

I think what you are going to want to use is the cluster method "Set Cluster Order"

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361M-01/lvscript/cluster_set_cluster_order/

The Controls[] property will return an array of references to all controls in the cluster and you should be able to simply reorder the array to whatever you want. I think that last part is easier said than done.

[warren_scott]

The problem is I'm not dealing with clusters.  I'm dealing with individual items directly on the front panel of a SubVI. 

[Darren]

I don't think there is a way to programmatically reorder the controls on a panel.

[Jacobson-ni]

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@warren_scott wrote:

The problem is I'm not dealing with clusters.  I'm dealing with individual items directly on the front panel of a SubVI. 

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I was pretty optimistic after finding the method below but after trying to use it I would agree with Darren.

[ouadji]

[warren_scott]

Thanks for the help.  I'll give up this hope for now.

Created Idea Exchange entry

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Add-ability-to-programmatically-set-tabbing-order-of-c...

[Jacobson-ni]

I gave a kudo to the idea and would like to see the functionality added but also went ahead and created CAR 583035: Front Panel Method "Set Panel Order" Returns Error 1072.

I don't think it's technically a bug (the error tells you exactly why you cannot use the method after all) but it is my personal opinions that if it doesn't work it probably shouldn't be there.

[Darren]

Sadly, there are tons of properties/methods in VI Server that show up in the list, but return error 1072 when run. 😞

Granted, most of them are private and not public/scripting like this one is. I bet the CAR will be "fixed" by marking the method as private.