controls appear and disappear

[kenypatel]

Hello,

I want to make controls on the front panel to appear. So, say the front panel has two visible controls A and B. If the user makes A true, then another control, X, appears and the user can make that true or false. If the user makes B true, then Y appears, and the user can make Y true or false. How would I go about in doing something like this? 

Thank you

[Dennis_Knutson]

You place the visible property inside your event structure.

[kenypatel]

Thank you for your answer,

However, could you be a but more specific about the visible property and how I would incorporate it into my block diagram? I understand how to create the property, but I do not know how to use it in the block diagram to do what I want it to do.

[Dennis_Knutson]

You should be using an event structure to detect the clicking of your A and B controls. Each would have a value change event. Inside those events is where you place the visible properties.

[kenypatel]

So, what I am doing is I have a menu ring as a control on the front panel. If option 0 (value) is selected, I want a bunch of other controls to become visible. If option 1 (value) is selected, I want a bunch of other controls to become visible. I am trying this with a case structure but I cannot seem to get the controls to be invisible. Is their an invoke or create invisible property by default?

[RavensFan]

Yes.  Right click on the control.  Create property node.  Find the "Visible" property.

[kenypatel]

I get the visible property. It is clearly visible even without the visible property. What I want is invisible. I want it to become visible when the menu ring is selected. 

Everything is visible I don't want everything to be visible when starting. I want it to be "Invisible"

[Dennis_Knutson]

Please read the help. You DON'T get the visible property at all. If you want Invisible, you simply wire a false constant to the visible property.

[Bob_Schor]

Pretend that you work for IBM, whose motto is "Think".  You can also pretend that you are a scientist and "do an experiment" -- write a tiny VI that has a control on the Front Panel.  Create a property node for that control.  Select any property.  Wire a constant to that property.  Run, see what happens.  Now wire a different constant, run, observe.  Make a deduction.

... and when all else fails, Read the **** Manual (or, in LabVIEW's case, right-click on the Visible Property Node and choose "Help for Visible").

Bob Schor

[RavensFan]

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@kenypatel wrote:

I get the visible property. It is clearly visible even without the visible property. What I want is invisible. I want it to become visible when the menu ring is selected. 

Everything is visible I don't want everything to be visible when starting. I want it to be "Invisible"

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