Re: Anything in Labview like an MS GroupBox?

2004-03-05 Thread john_c_m
I hadn't used the grouping function before, but I am now using it for this, and it's a really handy feature. Maybe its just me, but I want my VI's to look like any other standard program out there, so that the learning curve isn't so steep for new users. Thanks for the consideration, perhaps ther

Re: Anything in Labview like an MS GroupBox?

2004-03-04 Thread Greg McKaskle
> How about a simple GroupBox next time? > There are lots of NI engineers on this list, including me. In fact, I was the head of the team that developed the UI controls for LabVIEW and developed a few of them myself. The groupbox that adapts to the platform, and draws like in the Windows st

Re: Anything in Labview like an MS GroupBox?

2004-03-04 Thread john_c_m
Thank you for the reply. This answer was what I was afraid of. If there are any NI engineers listening, then this is one of the things that iritates me about Labview, the fact that it doesn't incorporate the Windows Look and Feel at all. I realize that it is a cross platform product, but a simple

Re: Anything in Labview like an MS GroupBox?

2004-03-03 Thread Greg McKaskle
> > Is there something handy in LV with the same functionality - A sort of > decoration that visually groups controls into categories that includes > a text label? > > And I would like to avoid clusters, since it changes the way you can > work with button latching, etc. > You can group any numb

Anything in Labview like an MS GroupBox?

2004-03-03 Thread john_c_m
I want to organize my controls on the front panel into categories. My usual Windows programming way of doing this is labeling the groups with a GroupBox Control, which puts a nice text label on the recessed line that encloses the controls. Is there something handy in LV with the same functionality