In none of this do I want to use a control or even define or use more than a very limited number of controls; I want to perform sequential programing with minimal graphical content.
I understand that I can use enumerated types, albeit with difficulty, since Labview is inherently graphical and not as easy or elegant as text programing. But I do not see any indication about to how to create a variable of a particular type, or several of them, without placing graphical images on my "front panel" that would not belong there and have nothing to do with what I want to display. I work occasionally with the book "Labview for Everyone", but the book neatly avoids any such discussion. In real life, I find that Labview applications have huge numbers of unwanted screen objects that, for some reason, have to have Front Panel representations and simply cannot be confined to the Block Diagram and the algorithmic basis of the software. With critical software, this is a huge embarrassment and impediment.
Can any thing be done to remove the huge amount of clutter?
Many thanks
Mark
