Show or Hide Control (PDA Module)
Shows or hides controls or indicators in a PDA application. The data type you wire to Tab Order of Control determines the polymorphic instance to use. You also can use the Visible property to show or hide controls programmatically. Details Example
Use the pull-down menu to select an instance of this VI.
Show or Hide Control_ctlref
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Tab Order of Control is a reference to the control, which determines the control to read or modify. |
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Show? determines if the selected front panel object is shown or hidden. If Show? is TRUE, the VI displays the front panel object you select. If Show? is FALSE, the VI hides the front panel object you select. The default is FALSE. |
Show or Hide Control_int32
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Tab Order of Control is the tabbing order number of the control. The tabbing order number determines which control to read or modify. |
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Show? determines if the selected front panel object is shown or hidden. If Show? is TRUE, the VI displays the front panel object you select. If Show? is FALSE, the VI hides the front panel object you select. The default is FALSE. |
Show or Hide Control_ctlrefarr
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Tab Order of Control is an array of references to the controls. |
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Show? determines if the selected front panel object is shown or hidden. If Show? is TRUE, the VI displays the front panel object you select. If Show? is FALSE, the VI hides the front panel object you select. The default is FALSE. |
Show or Hide Control_int32arr
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Tab Order of Control is an array of the tabbing order numbers of the controls. The tabbing order number determines which control to read or modify. |
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Show? determines if the selected front panel object is shown or hidden. If Show? is TRUE, the VI displays the front panel object you select. If Show? is FALSE, the VI hides the front panel object you select. The default is FALSE. |
Show or Hide Control Details
The PDA target redraws the screen each time you show or hide a control or indicator. Use the array of control references or array of tabbing order numbers to redraw the screen only once when you show or hide multiple controls or indicators.
Example
Refer to the Show Hide Controls VI in the labview\examples\PDA directory for an example of using the Show or Hide Control VI.