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Right-click the Event structure and select Edit Events Handled by This Case from the shortcut menu to display this dialog box.

Use this dialog box to configure events and add or duplicate events. Event handling in LabVIEW is different from handling events in other programming languages. Before you configure events to be handled by the Event structure, review the caveats and recommendations for using events in LabVIEW.

This dialog box includes the following components:

• Events Handled for Case—Lists the number and name of all cases for that Event structure. You can select a case from this pull-down menu and edit the events for that case. When you switch to a different case, the Event structure on the block diagram updates to display the case you selected.
• Event Specifiers—Lists the event source (Application, VI, Dynamic, or Control) and event name of all the events the current case of the Event structure handles. The Event Sources and Events sections of the dialog box highlight the event source and event name you select in the Event Specifiers section of the dialog box. Clicking an item in the Event Sources or Events sections of the dialog box changes the highlighted item in the Event Specifiers section of the dialog box. Click the + and X buttons to add or delete an event from this list.
• Insert—Adds a new event for the current case to handle.
• Delete—Removes the selected event from the Event Specifiers list.
• Event Sources—Lists the event sources, sorted by class, you can configure to generate events.
• Events—Lists the events available for the event source you select in the Event Source and Event section of the dialog box. Notify events have a green glyph next to them, and filter events have a red glyph next to them.
• Lock front panel until the event case for this event completes—Locks the front panel when this event enters a queue. LabVIEW keeps the front panel locked until all Event structures finish handling this event. You can set this option for notify events but not for filter events.