edi/modify text on front panel

[GReaper]

Hi All,

I'm currently developing and LabVIEW app (ver. 8.20 on Win2k and WinXP) and have run in to an issue during a review of the user interface.

The folks reviewing are windows developers and have issues with my text indicators.  I have several items of text data that need displayed, values set programmatically, that I currently have in text indicators.  However, in the Windows world any time you have stuff in a box the implication is you can edit it.  Obviously not doable with a text indicator but it's a confusion point with my users.

So, is there a way I can programmatically edit/modify text to display on the front panel and have it display without the box as if it were simply placed there with the text tool?

Cheers,

[Ben]

Use the paint brush to make the frame transparent and do the same thing with the background of the text indicator

or

you could use Lynn's yet to be posted suggestion.

Ben

Message Edited by Ben on 11-15-2006 02:53 PM

[johnsold]

Greg,

You can edit the indicator to make the border transparent. The Classic style indicators, which do not have the 3-D appearance, are somewhat easier to make transparent.

Lynn

[GReaper]

Aha!  Fiendishly clever in it' simplicity!  That did the job.  And you ain't kiddin' about it being easier to clear the border on the classic indicator.  I couldn't find the sweet spot to do it on the 3d ones.

Cheers,