Beginner - Text file configuring display element

Is it possible to use a text file to configure the properties of a element that is showed in the front panel?
Thank you in advance

You cannot create a new object in a running VI.  If you want to create a new object in a VI and then dynamically launch that VI, you will need to use scripting.  presently scripting is unsupported and unreleased.  That being said, the LAVA folks have a nice discussion group on the topic.  It is here: http://forums.lavag.org/index.php?showforum=29
I hope that this helps,
Bob Young
Bob Young - Test Engineer - Lapsed Certified LabVIEW Developer
DISTek Integration, Inc. - NI Alliance Member
mailto:[email protected]

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