Strange Text.BGColor results

[Mikael_Garcia]

Has anyone had problems setting the Text BG and FG color properties for a string indicator in 6.1? On one machine I get very strange results. If I copy the string indicator from an old 6.02 application it works fine. But setting the property in 6.1 fails. I have no idea of what is going on. I include a picture with three indicators that shows the results. The first two indicators were imported from 6.02 while the third was created within 6.1 (WIN2K). Any ideas? /Mikael

[Photon_Dan]

I cannot reproduce that behavior on my system. I've got LabVIEW 6.1 and 6.0.2 installed just like you, but it works fine for me. Perhaps this is one of those odd video driver issues?

Daniel L. Press
NI Certified LabVIEW Developer
PrimeTest Corporation
www.primetest.com

[Mikael_Garcia]

Thanks for testing it Dan. Good thing it is not a bug in 6.1 though. Since I have a simple way around it, copy and paste..., I am not going to dig into the computer hardware for now. Thanks again /Mikael

[eh]

I was able to see this on 6.1. I think you have a different property selected for string3. Mouse over it with help on and I think you will see a different description of it than the other ones. The text of the property is the same but the help description will be different.

[Mikael_Garcia]

Bingo! Although the property for the BG color is listed as Text.BG color for all three indicators there is a difference!!

Just as you said, the pop-up tip indicates that the first two indicators have Text.Text Color:BG color set while the third, has the Text.Color:BG Color set... That explains everything!!!

In order to set the BG color one has to use the property Text/Text colors/BGColor and NOT Text/Colors/BGColor... Thanks Eh! /Mikael