Grayed-out buttons during run-time

[Derek]

Hi,

In Labview, is it possible to cause a Front-Panel control to be
grayed-out and disabled during run-time due to another control being
activated. My VI is used for board control/configuration, and has
several different modes of operation. If I select a certain mode, I
would like all controls not related to that mode to be grayed-out and
disabled.

Thanks in advance,

Derek.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Yes. Create a property node for the control and select the Disabled property. Right click the property node and select Change to Write. A zero value wired to it enables the control, 1 disables it, and 2 disables and grays it out. In some versions of LabVIEW, the property node is called an attribute.

[Al_S]

Create a property node for any control you want to disable.
Right-click on control and select Create >> Property Node.
Right-click on the property node and select Change To Write.
Right-click on the property node and select Properties >> Disabled.
Wire the following constant to the property node, depending on what you want to do:
0 = Enabled
1 = Disabled
2 = Disabled and grayed out
Don't forget to enable again at some point. You may want to initialize you controls to some default enabled/disabled state when you start your program.

[Shan]

I often find that I want to do this to a bunch of front panel controls when a give process starts / stops. A nice way to group them is to create an array of references (during an initialization step for example) of all the controls to gray out, then feed that array to a subvi that performs the same operation on each reference. Please see the attached vi's and post back if you have questions.

~ Tim

[Derek]

Al S wrote in message news:<50650000000500000000C70000-1042324653000@exchange.ni.com>...
> Create a property node for any control you want to disable.
> Right-click on control and select Create >> Property Node.
> Right-click on the property node and select Change To Write.
> Right-click on the property node and select Properties >> Disabled.
> Wire the following constant to the property node, depending on what
> you want to do:
> 0 = Enabled
> 1 = Disabled
> 2 = Disabled and grayed out
> Don't forget to enable again at some point. You may want to
> initialize you controls to some default enabled/disabled state when
> you start your program.

Thanks, guys, for the quick replies. Much simpler to do than I thought
(slightly embarassed!), but my fro
nt-panel is much-more user friendly
now.

[paul_s]

can someone convert to 6.0.2 please

Thanx, Paul.S

[BrandonS]

Here are the files in 6.0

[paul_s]

thanx blimpieboy

Paul.S

[miki90]

How can I make controls enabled when I stop the program from front panel? They are always grayed out now.

[sushmith_ks]

Hello,

         Enable all buttons outside main loop, so when you run your vi, even if your buttons were disabled, it will be enabled. other operations remains the same