How to change background color of Picture Plots using property nodes

[sanLeandroF]

Hello,

I am attempting to change the background color of my picture plot programmatically using property nodes on my block diagram. Is there a property I can use to achieve this? It seems to me the only way to change the background color is to use the tools palette. 

[zou]

What is a "picture plot"?

Do you mean a 2D picture control?  Or a graph?

Can you give us a screen shot?

[sanLeandroF]

By "picture plot" I am referencing the indicator generated by the "Plot Multi-XY.vi" that I am using. Or the indicator that is similarly generated by the other vi's included in the "Picture Plot" sub-palette included in the "Graphics & Sound" sub-palette as shown in the functions palette. Not a graph. LabVIEW just references it as a "picture" type or object. 

[zou · Accepted solution]

"Plot Multi-XY.vi" returns a 2D picture control.  This is a very old control.  There is no property node for background color.  You have to draw a background color before you draw the plots on it.

You can also paint the background color to transparent manually at edit time, and put a color box behind the picture control.  So you can change the color box at runtime instead of change the background color of picture control.