Picture tool tip with mouse over.

[Axehandler]

Hello,

I'm sure this has been answered before but after a long search I haven't exactly got what I'm looking for, so here goes.

I want to have a picture pop up when a user "hovers mouse" over a control or indicator on a front panel for a time. 

I am a beginner @ labview so be very descriptive if you can.

Signed NOOOOOB!

[RavensFan]

You could use the Mouse enter and Mouse leave events on the control to detect when you are hovering over.

With that and possibly a mini pop up subVI that only displays the picture indicator at the desired mouse coordinates.

[smercurio_fc]

Take a look at the CC & Friends Emoticons application. It displays a little picture indicator with a mouse-over.

[Axehandler]

KK another dumb question, is there a way to open an version 8.2 VI in 7.1 Labview?  That is there I'm using and the CC code is 8.2.

[smercurio_fc · Accepted solution]

It needs to be backsaved. It loses functionality in translation because certain things did not exist in LabVIEW 7.1. Looking at the code, though, the way it works is that it actually displays a web browser control over a picture indicator. The intention being that it can display animated GIFs. If all you want to do is display a static picture, then you can do something like the attached example. 

FYI: For saving VIs in earlier versions of LabVIEW you can post a request in the Downconvert VI Requests thread.

[Axehandler]

Thanks that is exactly what I was after.