Where can I find new front panel items like meters gages buttons etc

[Boette1]

I am wondering if there are areas at the NI web site or other websites that may offer other meters, buttons, tanks etc to spruce up the front panel with a little variety.

[Randy_H]

Boette1,

If you are doing automation, then you may try out LabVIEW DSC. This comes with more front panel controls for LabVIEW. Otherwise, you mainly have two options. First, you can use a large number of ActiveX controls. Second, you can start with a LabVIEW control and customize it. You can add you own pictures for parts of objects and change fonts and sizes.

I searched Google to see if I could find some custom controls that others have done. Here are some links:
http://hamiltondesign-consulting.com/Cus_ctrl.html
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/A9FBCAA7A3D7922186256A3000652B56?OpenDocument
http://www.mooregoodideas.com/FAVIs/Custom_Controls.htm

Randy Hoskin
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
http://www.ni.com/ask