Controls and indicators, Numeric, Controls and indicators -6 – National Instruments BridgeVIEW User Manual

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Chapter 2 BridgeVIEW Environment

BridgeVIEW User Manual 2-6 © National Instruments Corporation

Controls and Indicators

Controls and indicators in G are similar to input and output parameters
or graphs in traditional programming languages. BridgeVIEW contains
a variety of controls and indicators that you can choose according to the
kind of values or quantities you want to evaluate or display.

You can configure all the controls and indicators using options from their
pop-up menus. Popping up on individual components of controls and
indicators displays menus for customizing those components. To access
the pop-up menu, right-click on any object that has a pop-up menu.

The primary data types you use in BridgeVIEW applications

numeric,

Boolean, string, and tag, are described in the following sections.

Numeric

You use numeric controls to enter numeric quantities, while numeric
indicators display numeric quantities. The two most commonly used
numeric objects are the digital control and the digital indicator, shown
below. You can find these controls and indicators in the Numeric
subpalette of the Controls palette.

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