Window Maximizing

[Chrisjedwards5]

I'm trying to run two .vi's at the same time, one which reads voltage from a DMM and another which runs a calibration program. I would like to have the DMM vi visible at all times because I need it for the calibration. Whenever I run the calibration vi it maximizes the window which prevents me from reading the results on the other program. The calibration vi has tab control and two/three button dialog which is what I'm guessing maximizes the window. If there's a way to prevent this from happening that would be extremely beneficial. I'm fairly new to this so if I overlooked something I apologize in advance. If anyone has any ideas that would be great.

Thank you,

-Chris

[ogk.nz · Accepted solution]

Pressing Ctrl+i or navigating through the 'File>VI Properties" menu and you should find catergories called Window Appearance or Run-time position. This sounds like it should be the most likely cause of your problem. Did you inherit these VIs from someone else?

You should be able to change the look of the VI, or what it does when run (Maximise, minimise, nothing,...).

[Chrisjedwards5]

I inherited one of them yes. I'll try this first thing tomorrow and reply then thank you so much I appreciate it.

[natasftw]

If you require the DMM functionality within the calibration VI, wouldn't it make more sense to include that functionality within the calibration VI?  It's a quick modification.

[Chrisjedwards5]

I thought about that but I had trouble when the button dialog would pop up it would stop the loop and pause the fresh read out and I have to calibrate based off the reading and then choose an option based off the read out