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Modifying actiview program: Changing the screen resolution

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:45 am
by nc3
I want to edit the executable ActiveView so that I can use ActiveView on laptops with a much smaller screen resolution. Anyone know how I can do that? As the program is built for several different screen resolutions, it should be possible to modify the program for other screen resolutions.

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:54 pm
by Coen
You cannot modify the exe directly. You'll need to have the LabVIEW programming environment installed on your PC (LabVIEW full development version). Open the ActiView LabVIEW library (ActiviewXXX.llb). It is then basically a matter of resizing all front panel controls and indicators. In addition, you will need to change the coordinates for the electrode labels, and the scaling of the trigger chart (numerical display formats). Finally, your new library can be compiled into an exe for further distribution (LabVIEW professional version required)

Best regards, Coen (BioSemi)

changing labview front panel control sizes

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:44 pm
by nc3
Thanks for the information. I have one more question. I am trying to resize the tab control. However, everytime i change the tab control dimension, nothing happens. Is there a default tab size set anywhere?

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:53 pm
by Coen
The tab size scales automatically to the selected font size of the text on the tabs.

Best regards, Coen (BioSemi)

Tab pane, I mean

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:38 pm
by nc3
I meant the tab control pane, not the tabs themselves. I try to rescale the Charts/Graphs control pane to 850x800 but everytime I run the labview program, it rescales back to the original 1078x950. That's my dilemma. Any suggestions?

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:47 pm
by Coen
Did you reduce the size of the offset graphs (controlled by property nodes) ?

Best regards, Coen (BioSemi)

offset graphs

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:05 pm
by nc3
I did it manually. I thought that would take care of it. I must be wrong. I will look for the actual property nodes and change them. Thanks

help finding offset

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:13 pm
by nc3
Where is this offset? Trying to locate it by searching is not working. Where is the 1076x935 value for the tab initialized? Is it hardcoded or are the values found programmatically in a subVi? If so, which section of the LabView code/which subVI?

not offset but property nodes

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:14 pm
by nc3
correction to last message: not offset but property nodes controlling the sizes of the graphs.

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:38 pm
by Coen
Right click on the graphs, and search for property nodes