curious behaviour when selecting VI's Icon

[Aitortxo]

Hi all:

Please, open this VI (it's empty) and click on it's icon.

It's the first time I see this, so I don't know if it is normal. The selection moves.

I think it's cool.

Using LV 7.1 in WinXp SP2

[JeffBoettcher]

Hey, that does look pretty cool.  🙂

And yes, it is normal.  As a brief explanation, when you create an icon, all white pixels that are not "enclosed" by another color are treated as transparent.  LabVIEW is drawing the selection (which moves around any object) around the thin spiral line you have created, and that's what it looks like.  🙂

For more info on how icons handle transparent regions:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/829671e93cc58d8786256d8900014ca3

Message Edited by Jeff B on 01-10-2006 07:41 AM

[Aitortxo]

Thanks, Jeff, for the link, now I can make custom shaped icons!