How can I use powerpoint to make custom controls?

[jon_mcbee]

I here a lot of talk about people using powerpoint to make custom controls.  This seems great because I have powerpoint and would like to spend some time creating custom controls.  The problem is I have no idea how to go about doing it!  Does anyone have a link or or example or prior experience with this that they could share?

[Thoric]

There is a PowerPoint file you can download here. If you look at the file you will see a number of images, each representing the different states of an action button. The buttons are easily drawn up using the Auto-Shapes features in PowerPoint 2007. The corresponding LabVIEW .ctl files are there also.

[rex1030]

I don't know if everyone already knows about this article, but NI has a knowledgebase article on creating custom control and it is pretty detailed.

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361F-01/lvconcepts/custom_cont_ind_type/

Now if we can just get some graphic artists to start making more sweet themes with every control type in the package...