Michael,
There are a few ways I can think of that you can include animation in a LabVIEW front panel. The easiest way is to use an ActiveX Container. I have seen customers include a Windows Media Player window within their LabVIEW front panels through ActiveX. You could also imbed an ActiveX Animated GIF control (several are available at www.download.com). Another thing you could try is including individual frames inside a Picture Control and then animating those frames. You could even include an Internet Explorer window on your front panel (through ActiveX), then add whatever animation you wish to a .html file. Macromedia may possibly offer an ActiveX Control for their flash media, but if they do, I have never seen it.
I found some of these suggestions by sear
ching the NI website for +labview +animation . I recommend you check out some of those search results for additional ideas.
I hope these suggestions help. Have a pleasant day.
Sincerely,
Darren Nattinger
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
