LED Xcontrol with 4 colors

[Mivil]

Summary:

The LED is a common component (indicator or control) of every GUI. But, the current LabVIEW LEDs are a state representation of a ON/OFF button. Why…

If you want a RED, YELLOW, and GREEN LED to represent a traffic light or a RED, YELLOW, GREEN, and BLUE LED to represent state of a system, what are your options?

My LED Xcontrol is a simple decoration available on a multiple set of colors.

Function:

The LED Xcontrol consists of a standard decoration (round shape) and can be used as an indicator or a control. The BG and FG colors are configurable. Actually, 4 status are defined in a Typedef and the user can associate a color for each status.

Features

-               Simple Xcontrol integration into your project

-               Indicator or Control

-               Left-click menu for status selection (control mode)

-               Right-click menu for colors status edition

-               Property node to change colors programmatically

-               Enum typedef can be adapt to any situation (TD_status.ctl)

Steps to execute code:

1. Download zipped folder and unzip to your machine
2. Open the project file
3. Run Gui_Led.vi
4. Execute program
5. Enjoy the LED Xcontrol as an indicator or a control

Screenshots:

Main Demo GUI (GUI_LED.vi)

Right-click menu, Status Color (edit mode)

Colors can be edit for every LED (2 LED with different colors per example!)

VI Snippet:

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VI attached below

[shred444]

sweet, another xcontrol submission.  nice.