String Display

[mihamm]

Hello,

i want to display a string, but not so, that it shows the actual value. It should show all data sent. Is this possible?

I can only find the block to display the actual value.

Thank you in advance!

Best reards

[GerdW]

Hi mihamm,

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@mihamm wrote:

i want to display a string, but not so, that it shows the actual value. It should show all data sent. Is this possible?

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Yes, sure!

You just need to collect "all data sent" in a wire (and a shift register) before displaying it in an indicator…

Keep in mind: collecting huge amounts of data and displaying that amount of data may slow down your VI.

[thols]

Perhaps you mean that you want to display non-displayable characters? Then you can right-click on the string indicator and select "Hex Display", for example. A little bit more info of what you want would be good. Some code would help (a VI).

[paul_cardinale · Accepted solution]

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@mihamm wrote:

Hello,

i want to display a string, but not so, that it shows the actual value. It should show all data sent. Is this possible?

I can only find the block to display the actual value.

Thank you in advance!

Best reards

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Right-click on the string.  Select: Create -> Invoke Node -> Append String.

[GerdW]

Hi Paul,

thanks, learned something new (for me).

In LV2011 that method is missing, but available in LV2017…

(I still prefer to collect string data using a shift register instead of letting the FP element handle potentially large amounts of data.)