Loading images on front panel

[paul_123456789@my-deja.com]

I am trying to load an image in my vi's front
panel while I am running my vi because I want to
choose the image to display.
I just found out that Labview doesn't have any
function for that, not even the picture menu.
I don't want to paste all the images on the front
panel, because they are big and will decrease my
vi performance.
I've been looking for an active X control to do
it, but I haven't found one yet.
I also tried the picture ring in the control
menu, but my vi size gets really big.
Any one has any suggestions about active X or a
different aproach ????


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[joeyoravec]

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> I am trying to load an image in my vi's front
> panel while I am running my vi because I want to
> choose the image to display.

Using a picture indicator really should work (under LV 5.1) in just about
every case I could possibly think of. Post some more specifics of why that
wouldn't work if it's a problem.

-joey

[CraigGraham]

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> I also tried the picture ring in the control
> menu, but my vi size gets really big.
> Any one has any suggestions about active X or a
> different aproach ????

Use the picture indicator? Put a big picture indicator on the front panel,
with (perhaps transparent) controls and indicators in front of it if that's
what you want, and load your images as needed from JPEG, PNG or BMP files?
Perhaps loading them all at runtime to avoid the delay when displaying an
image. I've never used them for loading picture files, but there's a
comprehensive set of utilities in vi.lib/picture that should do what you
want.