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Can a Tab Control (LV 6) be customized like a boolean control can?

Hi,
I need to know if a Tab Control (LV 6) could be able to have a custom texture (plus color)
added to it. As say, a website custom texture to greatly enhance the front panel
GUI look.

If not, I think this feature should be added ASAP. Some folks, like myself, see the Tab control in many of my future front panel GUI designs, as a person can eliminate the tabs at top, and have different screens to be shown, without using the million Property Nodes (Visible, Not Visible etc..) as in the past.
If I can customize a boolean control, I would think I should be able to customize a Tab control in LabVIEW. Thank you for your response.

-Karl
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I ran into the same problem yesterday, and I agree, the customization of
tab controls should be a feature...

But there is a workaround to eliminate the tabs at top: Set the 'Page
selector visible' property node of the tab control to false. In addition
you can color the tab itself transparent and maybe put decorations on the
various tab pages. That way you get exactly the behaviour you want

-Franz

KarlH schrieb:

> Hi,
> I need to know if a Tab Control (LV 6) could be able to have a custom
> texture (plus color)
> added to it. As say, a website custom texture to greatly enhance the
> front panel
> GUI look.
>
> If not, I think this feature should be added ASAP. Some folks, like
> myself, see the Tab control in many of my future front panel GUI
> design
s, as a person can eliminate the tabs at top, and have
> different screens to be shown, without using the million Property
> Nodes (Visible, Not Visible etc..) as in the past.
> If I can customize a boolean control, I would think I should be able
> to customize a Tab control in LabVIEW. Thank you for your response.
>
> -Karl
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Franz,
Thanks for your response. I already know how to eliminate the Tabs at top: 1.)
Right click on the tab and goto Visible Items - then Select / De Select "Tabs", or
2.) Use Property Nodes, or 3.) ActiveX .. etc...
Anyway this was not my concern, my concern was to
customize the Tab Control (Tabs or no Tabs), covering the whole screen in my case,
as to bring a unlimited enhancement to the appearance of the front panel GUI.
Thanks Again!
Sincerely,
Karl
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