Starting a VI from within a loop

[Jacoby, Kenneth]

I have written a LabVIEW app that controls an experimental system and logs
data once per second.  One feature I need to add to the program is a graph
that can be called up to display selected data.  The main program is a loop
which must continue to run when I start up the graph vi.  I have compiled
the graph vi and used the system exec vi to start it, and that does work.
However, I would prefer not to compile the graph vi, since I plan on
compiling the entire app later, and do not want to end up with more than one
exe.

Any suggestions or examples on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.

Ken Jacoby
Bechtel Nevada, Livermore Operations

Digital Control and Indicator Background Color

[Jacoby, Kenneth]

I would like to programmatically control the background color of the digital
controls and indicators on my front panel, but I cannot find that property
listed on the property node for the indicators/controls.  It seems to me
that changing the background color of these would be a common thing, so I
must be overlooking something.

If someone could clear up my fuzzy vision and help me see the solution, I
would greatly appreciate it.

Ken Jacoby
Bechtel Nevada, Livermore Operation