Front panel, Activity 15-1. use the vi server – National Instruments BridgeVIEW User Manual

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Chapter 15

Application Control

BridgeVIEW User Manual

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Activity 15-1. Use the VI Server

Your objective is to build a top-level VI that uses the VI Server to open,
run, display, and close two other VIs. The top-level VI will load both
subVIs dynamically. Then, the top-level VI will open and run the subVI
chosen by the user.

Front Panel

1.

Open a new front panel. Place a waveform chart and label it

Trend #1

. Place a rectangular stop button and label it

Close

. Save

the VI as

HMI#1.vi

in the

BridgeVIEW\Activity

directory.

2.

Open a new front panel. Place a cluster with two rectangular buttons
labeled

HMI#1

and

HMI#2

. Create a button and label it

Shutdown

. At

the end of this exercise, you will have three front panels, which will
appear as shown below.

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