stacked tabControls

[Bob_Schor]

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@nyc_(is_out_of_here) wrote:

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@Bob_SchorThe entire  program is 100+ VIs.

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Put all the VIs in a single folder (they probably already are ...).  Right click, Send to, Compressed Folder, and attach the resulting .zip file.  If there's a LabVIEW Project, tell us its name, and tell us the name of the VI with the Tab Control.  You might have a fix by Monday ...

Bob Schor

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@Bob_Schor wrote:

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@nyc_(is_out_of_here) wrote:

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@Bob_SchorThe entire  program is 100+ VIs.

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Put all the VIs in a single folder (they probably already are ...).  Right click, Send to, Compressed Folder, and attach the resulting .zip file.  If there's a LabVIEW Project, tell us its name, and tell us the name of the VI with the Tab Control.  You might have a fix by Monday ...

Bob Schor

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Thank you for the offer.

I am going to do something that I have been reluctant to do which is to do a more "thorough" re-write of the program than what I have done so far. If the client doesn't like it, tough luck.

I am tired to trying to patch a poorly-written program.

My inclination is to combine the five tab controls into one and ditch the stupid image icons.

Some programmers are too concerned with aesthetics. Enough with the nonsense!

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[mcduff]

Just guessing here, don’t have LabVIEW to test. Is it possible that the tabs are not stacked, but can you have a tab within a tab, within another tab.

you are better off rewriting the program from your description. Good luck!

mcduff

[Bob_Schor]

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@nyc_(is_out_of_here) wrote:
 

I am going to do something that I have been reluctant to do which is to do a more "thorough" re-write of the program than what I have done so far. If the client doesn't like it, tough luck.

I am tired to trying to patch a poorly-written program.

My inclination is to combine the five tab controls into one and ditch the stupid image icons.

Some programmers are too concerned with aesthetics. Enough with the nonsense!

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Yay!  Giving them something that (a) works, (b) can be maintained, and (c) can be easily modified outweighs so-called aesthetics any day.

Bob Schor

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@mcduff wrote:

Just guessing here, don’t have LabVIEW to test. Is it possible that the tabs are not stacked, but can you have a tab within a tab, within another tab.

you are better off rewriting the program from your description. Good luck!

mcduff

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The tab controls are stacked. I was able to move them one by one to the side. 

More obvious when I change the background color.

Also obvious in the Block Diagram how many tab controls there are even though I could not see all of them.

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[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@Bob_Schor wrote:

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@nyc_(is_out_of_here) wrote:
 

I am going to do something that I have been reluctant to do which is to do a more "thorough" re-write of the program than what I have done so far. If the client doesn't like it, tough luck.

I am tired to trying to patch a poorly-written program.

My inclination is to combine the five tab controls into one and ditch the stupid image icons.

Some programmers are too concerned with aesthetics. Enough with the nonsense!

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Yay!  Giving them something that (a) works, (b) can be maintained, and (c) can be easily modified outweighs so-called aesthetics any day.

Bob Schor

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Well, some clients will misconstrue it as an attempt to "milk" the situation for $.

I was told the software was working.

No, it wasn't.

The software was developed first.

It was never integrated with the hardware. Never!

Then the programmer left the company.

If I hear one more time from the client "all you have to do", I will answer tell him, then you go do it. LOL.

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