text ring strings not updating

[PaulG.]

This has always worked for me before, but not any more.   I've been at this for nearly half an hour. ?????

[Harold_Timmis]

it seems to be working for me???

[elset191]

That's strange.  The values are in there you just can't see them. If I use the arrows it works, but when I expand the list I see empty names.  Though, when I select one it displays properly.  A head scratcher to be sure.

[PaulG.]

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elset191 wrote: 
... A head scratcher to be sure.

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Indeed. Now I know I'm not crazy.

[PaulG. · Accepted solution]

I think I fixed it myself. My data file was created in Excel, saved as a text file. I went back into the Excel file and made sure my cells were formatted as text only. Resaved, reloaded into this vi and it appears OK. What a strange symptom, though.

May I give myself kudos and solution if I do it myself?

[johnsold]

You have nulls (\00) throughout the strings fed to the ring.  Remove  the nulls and I think you will see your strings.

Lynn 

[johnsold]

Here is a code snippet which will remove the nulls.

Lynn