pop up window to display an xy graph

[Yesh]

I want to display an xy graph and some 4-5 indicators along with it

in a pop up window. What is the bst way to approach this. My current

code is a state machine. In one of the states this pop up window has to

appear. thats it.

[Darin.K]

Perhaps overkill, but very cool.  As a bonus, understand what is going on and your problem is a cinch.

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=351512#M351512

[Yesh]

I am not an expert, but I didnt understand a bit of what was

going on in above post. That was totally over my head. It looks like

I am 3years away from that. What is race condition anyway, is it

a deadlock.

[Darin.K · Accepted solution]

Fair enough, that is the cool way to dock/undock windows.  Let's get started with an easy way.  Put the controls you want into a subVI so the front panel looks like the popup you want.  Go to Window Appearance under VI properties and click Custom.  I would choose "Show Front Panel When Called".  Then you can wire the data you want into the subVI and it will appear in a separate window.  Here is a quick chart example.

More tricks if you want to close it automatically or make it modal (on top).

[Yesh]

Yes its working this time.  The only thing is that I cannot

decrease the size of the window. I donot know why, I donot know

what I am doing wrong. I dont want it to be full screen. thanks for

your help anyway.

[Darin.K]

One of the options you find in Windows Appearance -> Custom is 'Allow User to Resize Window'.  Check this if you want to change the size.