All objects property node and grouped objects

Hi
I am trying to position a the objects on my GUI in the centre of the screen using property nodes. However, I do not want to have to have a property node for every decoration, image and control. Is there a way that I can group all the objects and then use a property node to position them? I have tried using the all objects property node but none of the indexes seems to apply to my group of objects.
Help please!
Many thanks.
John
p.s. i have uploaded my test vi's. The chart, decoration and exit button have been grouped. use the control on check.vi to set the object to move. 
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Tab pages are a nice way to group GUI objects.
Instead of using a decoration,
use a tab control
Remove all but the first tab
Hide the tab
Set the proprties of the tab control and the control on that page will move, hide, show along with the tab control.
I hope that helps,
Ben
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