setting the background of a vi running in a subpanel to transparent

[npoling]

Does anyone know of a way to set the background of a vi running in a subpanel (or just running at all for that matter)  to transparent while maintaining 100% opacity for all other items on the front panel?

Thanks,
Nate

[Chris_Cilino]

Hey Nate,

I may have found a property node that might be useful to you. It is a property of SubPanel and is called PanelTransparent. I found it by using one of the most overlooked, but one of the best, tools in LabVIEW called the class browser. Go to View>>Class Browser. Select the appropriate Object Library and Class and all of the properties and methods for that class are displayed. You can even drag and drop from the browser to the block diagram!

Let us know if this property helps out.

Chris C

Message Edited by Chris_C. on 01-31-2007 11:30 AM

[npoling]

Chris,

Thanks for your response and sorry it has taken me a couple of days to respond.  This property does solve the problem.  Unfortunately for me I already was using this property, however I was "shooting myself in the foot" by placing the same image in the background of both the parent vi and the sub vi and then trying to align the two.  Anyway, pilot error and thanks for making me revisit the issue.

Nate