File Name: Move Label.llb
File Submitter: BOBILLIER
File Submitted: 6 Dec 2007
File Updated: 27 Dec 2007
File Category: LabVIEW Development Environment

Move Label V1.1.2

Copyright © 2007, Eric BOBILLIER
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Author:
Eric BOBILLIER
eric.bobillier@rennes.inra.fr


Distribution:
This code was downloaded from the LAVA Code Repository: http://forums.lavag.org/downloads.html

Description:
This Vi is a tool to move label of few selected controls in TopLeft,TopCenter,TopRight,Left,Right,DownLeft,DownCenter and DownRight position. It run too with terminal
,invoke node, propriety node ,Global and control references.

Why:
I develop this tool for limit few click and for fun.

Installation:
Copy Move Label.Vi and _Move Labelfolder in your labviewxx\project folder and restart labview.

Test:
Run Ok in 7.0

Know issue:
run only in Windows.

Improvement:
Actualy the diagram constante are not concern with label mouvement but i can upgrade if someone wanted.
Like i have only Labview 7.0 ,they is certainly new object that can be concern but can't be implanted now.
But if you look code, i think it's not very difficult.

Video demonstration at: http://screencast.com/t/1V3YuwsCE2V

Acknowledgement:
Ton Plomp and Yair Neeman for the CCT__Get User App Reference__CCT Vi of the code capture Tool
And for the anonym who have write the DoKbdevent.vi

Support:
If you have any problems with this code or want to suggest features:
http://forums.lavag.org/forums.html####

Change Log:
1.0.0: Initial release of the code.
1.0.1 Minor correction about front panel apparence.
1.1.1 Add New position (TopCenter,TopRight,DownCenter,DownRight)
Now run with Global too.
Modify the Vi to be call by another Vi (Need Name and position parameter)
Now the Default position is Left.
1.1.2 Correction of major bug in selection of label position

License:
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I like the idea a lot, but I have some important comments about the implementation:

• It seems to me that you're going in a very round about way in order to do this. Since you're already reading the position and size properties of the labels, why not just use the position property to write the new position?
  This will remove the dependence on Windows API functions and will make the code and UI behavior simpler since you can move the label in a single command.
• You used CCT VIs in this tool. I don't have a problem with that (most of them are OpenG VIs anyway and I think I took the other VI from one of the LAVA tools), but you should use a separate namespace or someone might have problems if they open both at the same time. Namespacing all your VIs is easy if you have the OpenG builder installed.
• It would probably be useful if moving the label to the left also set it to be right justified and moving it to the other spots would make it left justified.

I tried doing this using scripting a few years ago but was unable to do so.
See here.

Thanks for your comment yen



Like said Mark Balla if you try to used Move position of label using Position Property, you obtain one error 1060: Object cannot contain(own) the specified object.
I have work around few hours without success.



Ok, thanks for your work. If you are ok i can rename your two vi's with "__MLAB" extension.



I'm not sure that run because justified have no effect on label if is size is equal to the same number of characters. And in general it's the case. the only way is to obtain the lengh of label and put his
right conner on the left conner of the control.
Thanks again Yen
Eric

Oh, I didn't actually look to see that it works. Anyway, Norm seems to have another way of doing it in the thread Mark linked to.

By the way, I suggested the justification change because if you move the label to the left side of the terminal, you would want it to stay near the terminal if it's changed. To do that, you need to right-justify it.

I have look before start my development the Norm solution. But with this solution, you can only move label at left or right and i don't find way to go down.

Correct. I played around with it for a couple of minutes myself and came to the same conclusion.