Another option is to use the ClassID property to figure out the type. In the OpenG toolkit there's even a nicely defined enum.
Jason -- Jason Corwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (858) 592-4025 >-----Original Message----- >From: John Brohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 2004 May 17, Monday 09:15 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Interpretation of TypeDesc Property in Front Panel Control >Reference. > > >Hello > >I am doing a little research on references to front Panel >Items. If you get >an array of references to the controls (and Indicators) on the >front panel >you can get their label text out rather easily. The value >however is held as >a variant and can be extracted if you know the type. > >Preliminary testing indicates that the "Type Desc" property is >an array of >16 bit integers. The second column seems related to the type >of the control. > >16417 is boolean > >16394 is numeric double > >16387 is numeric i32 > >16434 is Path > >15432 is a string. > >I do not like compiler archaeology. Does anyone have a better, >perhaps even >official, list, maybe even a program to scan the type desc > >Yours Sincerely > >John > > >John Brohan National Instruments LabVIEW expert in Montreal >Traders Micro "We connect all sorts of things to computers" >317 Barberry Place DDO Montreal PQ Canada H9G 1V3 Tel (514)995-3749 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.TradersMicro.com/Index.htm > >
