Register Callback VIs for .NET Events in LabVIEW

[Jervin Justin]

» Calling External Code From LabVIEW » .NET Assemblies » .NET Events

.NET objects will often throw events to alert the instantiating object that certain events have occurred. For instance, a Timer class will throw an “Elapsed” event when the interval expires. UI Controls have events like MouseClick, KeyPress, etc.

To handle these events in LabVIEW, you can register a VI as a Callback VI that will get called automatically when the event is fired or thrown.

Once you have a reference to a .NET object, you can register for events of the object by using a Register Event Callback node (Functions Palette » Connectivity » .NET » Register Event Callback).

The Register Event Callback Node will automatically populate with a list of available events as soon as you wire in an object reference to the node.

Note: Creating Callback VIs to Handle Events

Callback VIs have to match a certain template for their inputs and outputs. The easiest way to create a callback VI is to right click on the VI Ref input of the Register Event Callback node and select Create Callback VI.

The following code sets up a System.Timers.Timer and callback VI to handle the Elapsed event. The callback VI displays a message popup.

Examples & References

The following examples install with LabVIEW:
Calculator VI: labview\examples\comm\dotnet\Calculator.llb
SimpleTaskMonitor VI: labview\examples\comm\dotnet\SimpleTaskMonitor.llb

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