enter text flag

[limey]

is there an elegant way to clear the "enter text" flag (tick in the top left of the toolbar) automatically...it prevents activex objects from running correctly unlil it is cleared

i can clear it by opening a popup window and then closing it but it is a hack

any suggestions would be appreciated

thanks

[altenbach]

I don't think the mere presence of that button is your problem, it just indicates that whatever you just typed has not been propagated to the code.

Try playing with the properties of the text input control (right-click on it). Play with the items "limit to single line" and "update while typing".

See if this helps. Else attach an example of your problem.

[limey]

altenbach

thanks for the reply

the field is not a text field but a shockwave activex object...it needs to be enabled and inputs are for the activex object and should be ignored by labview...disabling the object kills all input

i have attached a small vi to illustrate this

point the vi to the enclosed flash movie file (test.swf) and click to green button to move through pages...after the first click the "enter text" flag is set and the button looses functionality...clicking outside of the activex object will remove the flag and the button works as designed...for one more click at least

you will need the flash player on your system to run this

http://www.macromedia.com

[Dennis_Knutson]

One way that you cna do this is to use an event structure. You can create an event for mouse down for the VI. You would get the coordinates for the mouse down event and if it's within the flash object, discard the event. In the attached example, I also used an event to stop the VI.

[limey]

pure genius

thanks