help need in programmatically opened

[Divineapple]

hi, im new to labview.

hope you do no mind help me in this.

how do i programmatically opened a text if it's true?

like if the indicator show a letter A, how am i going to programmatically prompt something like a LED or button to show it's correct?hope you done mind give me an example. thanks

Message Edited by Divineapple on 04-13-2010 07:28 AM

[aeastet]

Do you have code or an example for us to look at? That would be the easiest way to get help.

[PJS]

using the help menu, open the find examples... then on the search tab, put in equals.  In the results you should see Equal- Various uses.vi. 

You should be able to find what you need in there.

[Divineapple]

here is my client view, i need to show a indicator liek where is it and a led light to light up to show the location. but i only want it to promt instead of showing at the front panel i attach my server with the text file too

Message Edited by Divineapple on 04-13-2010 07:32 AM

[Divineapple]

oh btw i dont know the reson  why i must click search alot of times  b4 it could search

[Boon Chen]

Hi DivineApple,

I'm not very sure what you are looking for, but it sounds like you want a message popup instead of front panel display?

If my guess is right, then you can make use of the Dialog functions from the Dialog & User Interface palette. This will allow you to pop up a text message.

If you want your own customized pop-up panel instead, then I would recommend that you use a subVI to decorate your desired display, then configure this subVI to pop-up when called and close after execution.

As for your current VI, looks like it should be working fine, though you can make use of a case structure to check for the different "A, B, C, D, E, F" characters instead of using multiple "Equal?" functions. This will make your code neater.

Regards,
Boon Chen

[Divineapple]

how do i configure the subVI to pop-up when called and close after execution.

this is the subvi i had done but i not sure how to configure this subVI to pop-up when called and close after execution.

guide me if im doing wrong in my subvi.

Message Edited by Divineapple on 04-13-2010 11:00 PM

[simon76]

Insert you subvi to the main program. Right click to select subvi node setup,click show front panel showup & closed afterwards.

[Divineapple]

ok thanks but i do i make it auto close it after looking at it?

like after 30 sec the subvi front panel closes

[simon76]

you can put a delay inside subvi.