Defer Panel Updates

There are times when plotting a lot of data on a graph or table the program will slow down considerably.  When this happens you can use a LabVIEW property called Defer Panel Updates

Defer Panel Updates (From LabVIEW documentation)

When you set this property to TRUE, LabVIEW redraws any front panel objects with pending changes then defers all new requests for front panel updates. For example, controls and indicators do not redraw when you change their properties or values. If the operating system requests a redraw, such as if the window is no longer behind another window, LabVIEW redraws the front panel with the current properties instead of the original properties. If FALSE, LabVIEW immediately redraws the changed elements of the front panel.

Setting this property to TRUE can improve the execution speed and memory usage of a VI.

This is an example of doing this manually.

As you can see this is messy.

I have found a function in the Moore Good Ideas Toolkit that cleans this up considerably.

This is an example of the same code using the Moore Good Ideas Toolkit

This can be found in the MGI Pallete below.

You can download the MGI toolkit and other cool LabVIEW add ons from VIPM 

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