Why shows LV8 only one default connector pane?

[daveTW]

In LV 6.1, when I put my necessary controls and indicators on the front panel (e.g. three controls & two indicators), right-clicked on the VI- icon and chose "show connector ", LV searched for me the most appropriate connector pane with three terminals on the left and two on the right side. This was very a cool feature and I have to miss it now in LV 8. Do I have to make some settings in the options- dialog to get this back?
David

[tst]

This is actually a good thing IMO, because it allows you to have a standard size and standard wiring schemes (top is for references, bottom is for errors, etc.) and to add more controls later if necessary. Also, the 4-2-2-4 pattern is a good one and is the one of choice for most users.

If you still want the old behavior you can add the line DefaultConPane=-1 to your labview.ini file, but in any case it's advisable to leave extra connectors in case you will want to pass more information in the future without breaking your code.

[smercurio_fc]

tst's comments are also reflected in the LabVIEW Style Guide.

[Quintin]

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tst wrote:

If you still want the old behavior you can add the line DefaultConPane=-1 to your labview.ini file, but in any case it's advisable to leave extra connectors in case you will want to pass more information in the future without breaking your code.

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Where can you find the #'s for all the connector pane patterns?  Is it possible to read it from a property node?

[Darren]

Check out my weekly nugget here to find out how to get the numeric values of the different connector pane patterns.  Remember that this functionality only applies to LabVIEW 8.0 and later.

-D

Message Edited by Darren on 04-20-2006 10:24 AM

[daveTW]

Thank you, Darren, this helped me a lot.
David