How do I create an emergency stop custom control in LabVIEW that looks like an actual E-stop button

[Jimmy D]

How can I find (or buy) a variety of custom controls for various applications that look better than the standard NI controls.

[Joe_H]

This is very easy to do in labview.The way that you do it is by double clicking the control. This will bring up the customize window and from there you can make it look like you want it to by inserting pictures into the control of the way you want it to look at each state. Look at the shipping examples that come with labview and experiment with this a little bit. It makes for a great GUI feature when you do this.

Hope this helps

Joe

[Lavezza]

Here is a simple E-Spot button. Warning: I'm no artist :). I made the pictures in Word, edited them in MS Photo Editor and imported them into LabVIEW

[JaredA]

All of the above is excellent advice on custom controls in LabVIEW. National Instruments also has an Application Note located here, LabVIEW Custom Controls, Indicators, and Type Definitions. Check this out for more information about creating your own custom controls.

In terms of finding custom controls already created, do a Google search. You should be able to find quite a few websites that have custom controls for free. It's just a matter of finding the one that fits your needs.

[Jimmy D]

Thank you very much

[Jimmy D]

The Application Note on Custom Controls is most helpful - thank you also.