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Subject: 
Re: sub-vi begin vs end control
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx
Date: 
Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:00:51 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Elizabeth Mabrey wrote:
Hi,

After a sub-vi is created, there are two controls created namely begin and
end.  Would someone explain why they are backwards?  That means,  it creates
an "end" control linked to the beginning of the sub-vi, while the "begin" at
the end.

It is a leftover from LabVIEW.  When you create a sub.vi, LabVIEW reuses the
name of whatever is wired to the control/indicator.  This behavior makes perfect
sense in LabVIEW but much less so in Robolab.  FWIW, the names are little more
than labels and you can change them as you see fit.

Tom



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  RE: sub-vi begin vs end control
 
Hi Tom, Just for my education purpose, I'd like to understand the difference between the "begin" & "end" control boxes at the "Front Panel" window. Although they look identical, they must be different since they failed to wire to the blocks next to (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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  sub-vi begin vs end control
 
Hi, After a sub-vi is created, there are two controls created namely begin and end. Would someone explain why they are backwards? That means, it creates an "end" control linked to the beginning of the sub-vi, while the "begin" at the end. Thank in (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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