Blinking attributes for custom bitmap buttons

[MikeAshe@SOAR]

Hi Everyone,
I have a number of custom buttons that have custom bitmaps. I'd like to make
them blink, but the blinking attribute just seems to change the forground
and background colors for the applicable controls, and doesn't seem to do
the sme for a customized (in this manner). Am I missing something simple,
anyone know of a INI file switch or something that will just flash the
outline of my control in the blinking color?
As a temporary (I hope) workaround I have superimposed a few of the buttons
over invisible regular buttons, which I then blink fine, but this is rapidly
going to clutter up my diagram, or push me into subVIs. KISS would be
preferable
Thoughts?
TIA
Mike
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[Dennis_Knutson]

The same subject came up recently. You can't make bitmaps blink. See the posting here for the earlier discussion.

[Greg_McKaskle2]

> anyone know of a INI file switch or something that will just flash the
> outline of my control in the blinking color?

You correct that the blinking feature is pretty limited. With control
references, you might consider building up a VI that lets you register
Booleans that you want to be blinking. Then have this VI periodically
go down the list of Boolean references and change something else about
the Boolean such as Boolean text color, visibility of some part, or the
size of the Boolean.

Greg McKaskle