Control a VI with Menu and Buttons

Hi,
I'm a beginner in LabView, so my question could be very easy. However, I
have not found a solution yet.
I have a VI which is controlled over buttons using an event structure.
Now I want additionally control the same VI with a menu, so that the
user can either use the buttons or the menu.
How can I realize that?
I would be very happy, if someone can explain to me an easy way how to
solve this problem. Perhaps a small Example-VI would be very helpful.
Martin

Looking at my last comment, I think I may have confused you a bit. I stated something that's not quite correct.
The Menu selection for the Event Structure should only be configured to a single event case in the event structure. But you can still have a menu selection trigger an event case that is also triggered by a button.
The attached example shows how to setup for what you want to do. The menu selections trigger the Menu event, then there's a property node for the correct cases to trigger the button so it's event case will run. I put a delay in there just so you can see that two events are triggered when you select a menu.
Hope this helps more than last.
Ed
Ed Dickens - Certified LabVIEW Architect - DISTek Integration, Inc. - NI Certified Alliance Partner
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Menu_Event_Demo.zip ‏24 KB

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