Bill, You can't do it with an enum, but you can do it with a text ring. Create a small vi that just sets the strings[] list for a blank text ring. Copy the text ring into your program and convert it to an enum. Ta-daa!
Bruce ------------------------------------------ Bruce Ammons Ammons Engineering www.ammonsengineering.com (810) 687-4288 Phone (810) 687-6202 Fax -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Gilbert Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 12:27 PM To: Labview Listserv posting Subject: read strings INTO enum? In th past when using an enum for a state variable, I 've read the strings out as an array from a property node. Works fine. I got to thinking that if I could reverse the process and paste a list of strings into a string control(from excel), generate a string array, and read them INTO a blank enum, I could save myself a bunch of typing. I can get the string array, no problem, but I can't get the enum to accept them. I get a broken Run arrow, with the message "Enum has duplicate values", usually two blank entries. Am I just barking up the wrong tree? --BG Bill Gilbert, EM Tech UMN School of Physics and Astronomy Tel 612 624 4870 Fax 612 624 4578
