indicator width

[BhushanDole]

I am facing a big problem regarding numaric indicator width. In my vi it is always showing as of 0 width and I am unable to change it.

Is there any way to make it visible ? 

There are hundreds of variables I have for which I am facing this problem. I have just copied one variable in attached vi. 

[muks]

can u post it for lv 8.0?

[BhushanDole]

Here is the vi saved for version 8.0

Thanks for quick response !

[GerdW]

Hi Bhushan,

you can set the property "TextWidth" (last property in the list) to a value bigger than zero to let your indicator reappear...

To show all indicators you can get all control/indicator references via the vi reference.

Next problem:

For the attached example the label and caption is moved far away from the indicator - it's quite irritating to scroll the screen to read the label...

Message Edited by GerdW on 06-24-2009 09:36 AM

[muks]

Frankly i couldnt find the answer. In the same vi if i create a new indicator or a control i dont see any problem. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[muks]

[muks]

Have u played around with any default settings recently?

[jcarmody]

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BhushanDole wrote:

Is there any way to make it visible ?

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I right-clicked on it and changed it to a constant then changed it back and it became visible.  An interesting thing I noticed was the Properties window before and after doing this.

Before:    I don't know the significance of the parentheses, but they went away.

After:      

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BhushanDole wrote:

There are hundreds of variables I have for which I am facing this problem.

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A side note; indicators are not variables, wires are.  Here's a Google search for more on this.

[BhushanDole]

1) No I have not played with any properties of the indicator.

2) I have not moved the caption or label of that to anywherre. ( Actually my mistake is when I started developing it, I ignored the front panel thinking that I will arrange it once I get all the functionality covered.) Actually the captions are by default at some arbitary postion rather than getting sticked to indicator) Many times it goes so far on the screen that the scroll bars vanish away.