The SnapToPanel VI enables you to position a Target VI window relative to a Reference VI window. Run the included example VIs to see how you can use this functionality in your applications to control the position of sub-panels relative to the main application panel.

Readme file for SnapToPanel VI

Description

The SnapToPanel VI enables you to position a Target VI window relative to a Reference VI window.

Use the SnapToPanel VI in your application to control the position of sub-panels relative to the main application panel.

NOTE: To ensure that you are using the latest version of the SnapToPanel VI, please download the file with the most current date in the file name.

Application Software

LabVIEW 7.x

Driver Software

None.

Description of Operation

The SnapToPanel VI positions a Target VI window relative to a Reference VI window by calculating the size and position of the Target and Reference VI windows. Then the VI uses this information to calculate the position to move the Target VI window to based on the setting of the "Snap to Position (Tile Right)" control.

Twenty-seven positions are available:

Window - Top Left Corner 0

Window - Top Left 1

Window - Top Center 2

Window - Top Right 3

Window - Top Right Corner 4

Window - Right Top 5

Window - Right Center 6

Window - Right Bottom 7

Window - Bottom Right Corner 8

Window - Bottom Right 9

Window - Bottom Center 10

Window - Bottom Left 11

Window - Bottom Left Corner 12

Window - Left Bottom 13

Window - Left Center 14

Window - Left Top 15

Panel - Top Left 16

Panel - Top Center 17

Panel - Top Right 18

Panel - Right Center 19

Panel - Bottom Right 20

Panel - Bottom Center 21

Panel - Bottom Left 22

Panel - Left Center 23

Panel – Center 24

Tile Left 25

Tile Right (Default) 26

Extracting the files

The SnapToPanel VI is supplied as a zip archive containing all required items. The zip archive contains full path information.

When extracting the items, set the path to C:\. Since the zip archive includes full path information, the included items will be extracted to the following path:

C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 7.0\user.lib

Extracting the items to the user.lib directory makes the SnapToPanel and usage example VIs available on the LabVIEW Functions palette.

Additional Information

Additional information related to the use and operation of the SnapToPanel VI may be accessed via:

• Execution of the usage example VIs
• The block diagrams of all included VIs
• The documentation within all included VIs

Developed by

Mark Ridgley

mark.ridgley@logicpd.com

Change Control:

11-29-2008

Modified the SnapToPanel.vi so that it will not attempt to run the target VI if the target VI's state is Running Top Level OR Running.