Scripting Boolean Button Decal Images

[KiwiWires]

Hi

I have a application where there are a number of custom images for boolean controls.

I am getting tired of updating / managing them, and would like to automate it. 

I found this link and updating the 6 images still works in LV2019. 

https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-APIs-Discussions/Set-TRUE-FALSE-Image-of-a-boolean-control-automati...

However the tip strips are in binary. 

Ideally what I would like to do is have a spreadsheet

OutputControlName, ControlTemplate, Description, Tip Strip, Decal Image, True Image, False Image, x-size, y-size

LEDs.ctl, defaultbutton.ctl, "LED control","Control the LEDs","","LEDsDisable.png","LEDsEnable.png", 60,60,

That then takes a control as a template and applies the picture items, boolean text and description and tip strip to it, and repeats for all rows of the spreadsheet. Then I can just give our image templates to the customer so they can change them if they don't like what we have done. I then just run the script again and all the buttons are sorted. 

Is there a newer/better way to achieve this, as post above is now 10 years old. I had a look here and its more focused on VI scripting than controls. https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview/page/common-vi-scripting-tasks.html

Or should I just modify the 6 button example above?

Another question - if I don't want need all 6 button image options - Just True and False, do I still still write all 6, do I just the first two?

Regards

Nick

[PWoodward]

Were you able to find the method of doing this post 8.6? Would be greatly appreciated.

[paul_cardinale]

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@PWoodward wrote:

Were you able to find the method of doing this post 8.6? Would be greatly appreciated.

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This works for changing the images.

[PWoodward]

Hi Paul, thanks for the VI, I tried with the attached png (expand.png) on all button images on the ctl attached (expand.ctl) but it produced a corrupted ctl (expand-image.ctl) that couldn't be opened or used on a FP. Could you point me to what I'm missing?

I'm using LV 2018 currently.

Thanks