Can I change text blinking color

[programmindragon]

I have a very simple question.  I've created a property node from a string indicator.  I want this string to blink but it blinks red and yellow.  To the operator, they think that there must be an error.

I want to change the blinking color.  Is this possible?

[Darren · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Go to Tools > Options > Colors, and there you can change (among other things) the foreground and background colors of blinking controls.

Good luck,

-D

[Vaibhav]

Thanks Darren,

Though this is simple, it becomes bothering when we forget where to look. 😉

Kudos!

[Matthew_Kelton]

If you build this into an executable, you need to add settings to the INI file for the EXE for the colors to remain.  You will see that LabVIEW added entries to LabVIEW.ini to set the new colors.  You need to copy those settings into the INI file for your EXE.

[Vaibhav]

Aha,

thanks a lot Matthew, for this tip. I was wondering about the same, since the color options are application dependent (settings apply only to the particular machine), so when I create an installer to install my programs somewhere, I should include these settings. And you just said how.

Will get back here if I have doubts about this, when I build the application.

Kudos again!

Message Edited by Vaibhav on 08-10-2009 04:57 PM

[Freelance_LV]

Hi

Three years after you posted this tip, I made use of it.

That was my exact requirement, to set the Blinking colors in the Executable. I was unable to achieve this as the EXE uses Red and Yellow default colors when blinking.

I thought there was a property node that used to set the blinking colors. I am not sure if I was imagining, though.

Thanks again! It saved my time

[paul_a_cardinale]

Or you can do something like this.