Fancy user interface?

[ThunderBird]

Hi, I've almost done my LabVIEW program but the user interface looks too basic (just several gray button).
Where can I find some examples with fancy user interface and buttons (such like Run or Stop button)? I search the example zone with 'interface' but didn't find what I want. Thanks.

[Joe_H]

You can make your user interface look any way you want with customized controls. All you have to do is right click on the control select advanced then cusomize. from there you can add pictures to each case. Look at the examples that ship with labview for this.Here is a link to get some quality pictures that should do what ou want. I even downloaded a tool from the net called PE resource and was able to get the pictures that windows uses for some of my front panels. you can even load images onto the front panel. but one thing to keep in mind is that when the front panel updates it updates everything everytime.

hope this helps

[tbob]

You can change the color of your buttons and background using the paintbrush tool on the tools palette. You can add boxes and borders from the decorations palette and use the paintbrush to color the border and background. If I have a group of controls and indicators that have something in common (like controls for an instrument), I usually create a box with a light background color, and put the controls inside the box. I would color the controls to be pleasing to the eye when inside the colored box. I also add a colored text string at the top of the box as a label for the entire box of controls. You can do lots to pretty it up with just decorations and the paintbrush tool. See the attached example.

[Joe_H]

sorry link did not happen:

http://www.ni.com/devzone/idnet/library/icon_art_glossary.htm

[tst]

Also, check out the LV style guide for some additional tips and guidelines. I do seem to recall there was also a presentation which shoed this nicely, but I couldn't find it.