Put the control in a global VI or on the output connector pane of a "do
nothing" VI.
You acces the type with a reference to the global or calling the VI.
Jean-Pierre Drolet
----- Message d'origine -----
De : Randall Miller
Groupes de discussion : comp.lang.labview
Envoyé : 24 mars, 2000 09:28
Objet : Type Casting bit array
> I store a set of booleans as a bit-array tag to insure that they are not
being
> updated while a vi makes multiple read tag requests. The booleans start in
a
> strict type def control, converted to an array, and written to the tag.
When I
> read the tag I want to be able to apply the same strict type def
structuring to
> allow use of the unbundle-by-name function. So far the olny way I have
been
> able to do
this is to add the strict type def control to all vi's that
read the
> tag. The controls are used only as a type reference. Is there a way to
prevent
> having unused controls? Can type information be accessed without having an
> "example" control on the front panel?
>
> Randall Miller