Archived: LabVIEW 2010 Touch Panel Module Known Issues

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Overview

This document has been archived and is no longer updated by National Instruments.

This document contains the LabVIEW 2010 Touch Panel Module known issues that were discovered before and since the release of LabVIEW 2010 Touch Panel Module. Not every issue known to NI will appear on this list; it is intended to only show the severe and more common issues that can be encountered.

The LabVIEW 2010 Platform Known Issues contains a full listing of known issues, including LabVIEW toolkits and modules.

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Document Organization

The Known Issues Document is divided into two separate tables. The following section displays the issues by issue category.

Known Issues by Category

Please refer to Developer Zone Article LabVIEW Known Issues Categories Defined for an explanation of the categories and what types of issues are in each category.

For those who wish to locate the newly reported issues, we have also have published a section of the known issues table sorted by the date the issue was added to the document.

Known Issues by Date

Contacting NI

Feel free to contact NI regarding this document or issues in the document. If you are contacting NI in regards to a specific issue, be sure to reference the ID number given in the document to the NI representative. The ID number contains the current issue ID number as well as the legacy ID number (use the current ID number when contacting National Instruments). You can contact us through any of the normal support channels including phone, email, or the discussion forums. Visit the NI Website to contact us. Also consider contacting us if you find a workaround for an issue that is not listed in the document so that we can add the workaround to the document.

Known Issues by Category

The following items are known issues in sorted by Category.

Controls and Indicators
160961Can't cancel the configure jump button dialog when you first place a jump button
166677Clusters appear different in 8.2.1
184316Controls and indicators behind Tab control show through the tab control on CE touch panels
186764Digital Display does not show up on CE touch panel
Miscellaneous
222189Histogram not supported on Touch Panels. Documentation doesn't state this.
Operating System Specific
226990pput.exe has stopped working error on Vista when attempting to debug CE application
Performance
179808Touch Panel applications on Windows CE do not execute shared resources in round robin fashion
Shared Variables
177101Variables from unsaved libraries in Touch Panel Applications on Windows CE will cause a build error



IDKnown Issue
Controls and Indicators
160961

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Can't cancel the configure jump button dialog when you first place a jump button
When initially placing a jump button, the dialog cannot be cancelled.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2009
166677

Return
Clusters appear different in 8.2.1
Clusters look different in 8.2.1 than they do in 8.6.1.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.6.1  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2009
184316

Return
Controls and indicators behind Tab control show through the tab control on CE touch panels
If you have controls or indicators behind a tab control on a front panel of a touch panel VI the indicators and controls show through the tab control when running.

Workaround: Place controls that you want to be behind the tab control on a different tab.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2010
186764

Return
Digital Display does not show up on CE touch panel
Digital displays do not show up for numeric slides, thermometer, tank, gauge, meter, knob, and progress bars. On the dial and meter controls the ramp will also not be displayed.

Workaround: Add a Numeric Indicator and connect it to show the digital value.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2010
Miscellaneous
222189

Return
Histogram not supported on Touch Panels. Documentation doesn't state this.
Histograms are not mentioned in the limitations of graphs in the touch panel documentation

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2011  Added: 02/10/2011
Operating System Specific
226990

Return
pput.exe has stopped working error on Vista when attempting to debug CE application
When running the Debug application using TCP/IP interface test and attempting to debug the application by right clicking on the build specification and selecting debug, an error occurs stating pput.exe has stopped working.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010 32-bit  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2010
Performance
179808

Return
Touch Panel applications on Windows CE do not execute shared resources in round robin fashion
When calling a shared resource from more than one loop, that resource is not executed in a round robin fashion. This could lead to unexpected behavior while the loops wait for the resource.

Workaround: Use reentrant subVIs when waiting on Queues, TCP/IP reads, etc. If these VIs are non reentrant, they will become a blocking shared resource. Have waits in a loop that are longer than the execution time of the code in that loop even if it shouldn't be necessary as in the case of Queues.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2009
Shared Variables
177101

Return
Variables from unsaved libraries in Touch Panel Applications on Windows CE will cause a build error
Adding variables from unsaved libraries to a Touch Panel application on Windows CE will cause a build error when building.

Workaround: Save the library before building the application

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2009

Known Issues by Date

The following items are known issues in sorted by Date.

160961Can't cancel the configure jump button dialog when you first place a jump button
166677Clusters appear different in 8.2.1
177101Variables from unsaved libraries in Touch Panel Applications on Windows CE will cause a build error
179808Touch Panel applications on Windows CE do not execute shared resources in round robin fashion
184316Controls and indicators behind Tab control show through the tab control on CE touch panels
186764Digital Display does not show up on CE touch panel
226990pput.exe has stopped working error on Vista when attempting to debug CE application
222189Histogram not supported on Touch Panels. Documentation doesn't state this.



IDKnown Issue
160961

Return
Can't cancel the configure jump button dialog when you first place a jump button
When initially placing a jump button, the dialog cannot be cancelled.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2009
166677

Return
Clusters appear different in 8.2.1
Clusters look different in 8.2.1 than they do in 8.6.1.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 8.6.1  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2009
177101

Return
Variables from unsaved libraries in Touch Panel Applications on Windows CE will cause a build error
Adding variables from unsaved libraries to a Touch Panel application on Windows CE will cause a build error when building.

Workaround: Save the library before building the application

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2009
179808

Return
Touch Panel applications on Windows CE do not execute shared resources in round robin fashion
When calling a shared resource from more than one loop, that resource is not executed in a round robin fashion. This could lead to unexpected behavior while the loops wait for the resource.

Workaround: Use reentrant subVIs when waiting on Queues, TCP/IP reads, etc. If these VIs are non reentrant, they will become a blocking shared resource. Have waits in a loop that are longer than the execution time of the code in that loop even if it shouldn't be necessary as in the case of Queues.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2009
184316

Return
Controls and indicators behind Tab control show through the tab control on CE touch panels
If you have controls or indicators behind a tab control on a front panel of a touch panel VI the indicators and controls show through the tab control when running.

Workaround: Place controls that you want to be behind the tab control on a different tab.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2010
186764

Return
Digital Display does not show up on CE touch panel
Digital displays do not show up for numeric slides, thermometer, tank, gauge, meter, knob, and progress bars. On the dial and meter controls the ramp will also not be displayed.

Workaround: Add a Numeric Indicator and connect it to show the digital value.

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2010
226990

Return
pput.exe has stopped working error on Vista when attempting to debug CE application
When running the Debug application using TCP/IP interface test and attempting to debug the application by right clicking on the build specification and selecting debug, an error occurs stating pput.exe has stopped working.

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2010 32-bit  Resolved Version: N/A  Added: 08/03/2010
222189

Return
Histogram not supported on Touch Panels. Documentation doesn't state this.
Histograms are not mentioned in the limitations of graphs in the touch panel documentation

Workaround: N/A

Reported Version: 2009  Resolved Version: 2011  Added: 02/10/2011

Document last updated on 7/20/2011

Glossary of Terms

 

  • Bug ID - When an issue is reported to NI, you may be given this ID or find it on ni.com.  You may also find IDs posted by NI on the discussion forums or in KnowledgeBase articles.
  • Legacy ID – An older issue ID that refers to the same issue.  You may instead find this issue ID in older known issues documents.
  • Description - A few sentences which describe the problem. The brief description given does not necessarily describe the problem in full detail.
  • Workaround - Possible ways to work around the problem.
  • Reported Version - The earliest version in which the issue was reported.
  • Resolved Version - Version in which the issue was resolved or was no longer applicable. "N/A" indicates that the issue has not been resolved.
  • Date Added - The date the issue was added to the document (not the reported date).