XY graph - multi-plot problem

Hi,
I'm experiencing a problem using a multi-plot xy graph. I have to display 2 plots together, and make them appear and disappear many times during the program running.
But when I close LV and restart it, the second plot (plot1) doesn't appear, and also I lose all the properties I've set for it (name, color,...). If I don't shut down LV everything works well.
What can I do?

Stefano Moret wrote:
When you write about use property nodes, I'm using the "visible" one.
Your suggestion is to try also to set all the properties from there? Maybe it's a good idea, I'll try.
Here are some code snippets I used once to initialize the graph and later on change legend entries depending on user selection.
You can also change the way plots are represented during run time. You always have to start with ActPlot do selct one of the plots.
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