some other way to get right mouse click

[BZajec]

Hello,

   I am doing some programming in LabView 8.2.x on a remote PC (win xp prof) that I am accessing with TightVNC software for remote desktop. Everything works fine, except that when I press the right mouse button I do not get the menu with the properties of the object under the mouse pointer. In other programs (not LabView 8.2.x) the right mouse click works as it should. This seems to be the TightVNC bug.

   I wonder if it is possible to get this menu (one cannot do any programming without it) in some other way (e.g. some keyboard shortcut or through the menus)?

   regards,

 Bojan

[K_Bull]

Hi,
You could use the menu bar.
View >> Controls Palette for front panel (Alt + V and then C) or View >> Functions Palette for the block diagram (Alt + V and then F)
Cheers,


Message Edited by Kabul on 02-14-2008 11:48 AM

[mbatel]

Hi,

as far as I understand, the above response does not answer Bojan's (and my) question. The problem is, if working with labview the right mouse click is needed essentially since it makes this small menu pop up on the screen giving additional options. If working from a remote pc via tightVNC, this menu does not pop up on right mouse clicks (it is not visible on the remote screen). Is there any way to get this pop up menu any other way? Or does anyone know a solution for this (suposably) tightVNC bug?

Thanks a lot, Mike

[tst]

You could try downloading a virtual mouse software, or even write it yourself in LabVIEW by making calls into the windows API to simulate a mouse click whenever you press a button.

It would be annoying having to go for it every time you want a right click, though. You could probably work around that by using the input VIs to monitor the keyboard and use one of the keys (like scroll lock or F12) to trigger right mouse button clicks.

[BZajec · Accepted solution]

Dear mbatel,

Actually I found a solution for my problem: I used RealVNC instead of TightVNC. With RealVNC everything works fine in LabView (right click). 

 RealVNC is also freee (only free edition of course), but as far as I remember offers no support for direct file transfer between host-server, while TightVNC does.

 If you have TightVNC server installed and running you can use RealVNC viewer to access that computer and the right click works OK. No need to change server software.

regards,

Bojan

[parthabe]

Hi Bojan,

Your reply is really informative, in terms of VNC.

If it works well, please mark your last reply as the solution. It ll be useful for others in the future.

[mbatel]

Hi Bojan, thanks a lot! I will try this and post if it worked for me (might take a day or two).

Regards, Michael

[JeffBuckles]

If you need to continue to use TightVNC for some other reason (such as file transfer), here is something else that might work.   Go to the "View" menu and select "Tools Palette".   In the Tools palette select the tool that looks like a small pop-up menu, called "Object Shortcut Menu".  Now you can use a left-click to bring up the context menu.   Hit <tab> or click the top-most button in the tools palette to restore the normal, auto-tool-select mode.

Hope this helps.
Best Regards,

-- J.

[mbatel]

Hi Jeff,

thanks for the idea, the solution does not work though, it is the same problem as discribed. If operated from the remote machine, the menu pops up on the server screen but is invisible on the remote screen. I'll try Bojans solution tonight.

Mike