how can we launch the labview screen beyond other screens while running two applications on a same time

[ragupathi]

Hi all,

 I need to run two applications in my system at same time. one of the application is labview. it is running in backside. the dialog boxes which i created in labveiew need to display in fron of all applications.... what should i do to do that.....any suggestions...

thanks in advance

Regards,

Ragu 

[Hooovahh]

The easiest thing to do (but can be bad) is to make the LabVIEW window modal.  This will make it the front most window at all times, until the program stops executing.  As you can imagine if you don't have a way to close the window then you will be forced to kill LabVIEW through the taskmanager.

To make window modal go to VI Properties (by right clicking the VI's icon) go to Window Appearance, click Customize, then under Window Behavior select Modal.

The other more complicated solution is to use Dll calls to bring the window to the front.

Message Edited by Hooovahh on 07-02-2009 08:44 AM

[ragupathi]

hi

i tried with modal but it's not working.Normally in modal, that LV window comes in front of other LV windows. But whether it can come in front, when LV is running behind to any other kind of applications apart from LV... 

[ragupathi]

hi

i tried with modal but it's not working.Normally in modal, that LV window comes in front of other LV windows. But whether it can come in front, when LV is running behind to any other kind of applications apart from LV???...

[smercurio_fc]

Have you tried a search? This issue has come up many times before. The only surefire way to do this is to use the operating system. For example, if you're running on Windows you can use the lvwutil library to bring the window to the front. The utilities are available in the NI KnowledgeBase. See attached example.

[ragupathi]

hi

your reply was useful. Thanks a lot..........