Creating a stopwatch in Labview 6

Good day to all,
I am trying to create a stopwatch in Labview 6. I'm very new to the program and don't know where to strat. Any help wouold be appreciated.
Danien.

First, you should start with some tutorials to learn the basics of LabVIEW. After that, it should be easy to put something together that functions like a stopwatch.
You probably need a while loop, a few boolean buttons, and a numeric display, some tools from the timing palette and a lenght of wire and some trimmings.
Anther possibility would be to search the forum for the word "stopwatch". Have you tried?
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