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Overview
Often specialized applications will require specialized controls and indicators. This simple VI shows a demonstration of how simple it can be to customize controls to suite your needs.
Description
A custom control which consists of a pointer indicating the value and a background bar representing the range of acceptable values
I have implemented this by starting with a Horizontal Pointer Slide (Silver). To add extra Pointers you right click on the Slide bar and click Add Slider. The scale appearance can be changed by right clicking and selecting
Scale » Style.
To create a custom control you can right click on the control and go to Advanced » Customise...
To change the behaviour of each slider you can right click on the slider and select Fill Options
More information can be found here
The range and increments of the scale and the colours of the fill and background of the indicator are controlled programmatically with property nodes.
Steps to Implement or Execute Code
Requirements
Software
LabVIEW 2013
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Example code from the Example Code Exchange in the NI Community is licensed with the MIT license.
Is there anyway you could provide a screen shot of the Block Diagram. I have a version of labview that is older than the version you are using, so I can't access the vi. If you can provide this I'd appreciate it!
Hi, I have added a version for LV2010 does that go back far enough?
That goes far enough for the computer I am working on right now, but my commuter in my lab is labview 8.5 (definitely should update soon, but limited on funds). I also wanted to ask you a quick question... My goal is to have a slider or tank with a predefined upper and lower limit range so then the slider has a "goal" region for the notch (movable slider) to go towards. I'm reading voltage measurements from strain gages so I'd like to have the indicator show how close the voltage gets to the "goal" range. I've been thinking about using property nodes to define this region, and thought that this vi would allow me to do this. Do you think this vi shows me in the right direction?