programmatically make a picture control transparent

[The_Seeker]

wiebe@CARYA,

Only 26 Views? (I didn't realize it was a Popularity Contest... )

All kidding aside, transparency is an interesting topic, and not many LV programmers I have met know how to programatically invoke it. So I thought it was worth mentioning.

If it's not interesting to the majority of engineers, that's not a surprise to me. (I've seen some horrendous LabVIEW UI design over the years, so it's clear that the aesthetic and usability aspects of GUI design are not in the wheelhouse of many LV developers.) However, there is a small minority with an interest in these things, and that's who my post was meant to reach.

If 26 people got something useful from it, that is a "win" in my books! 

Cheers!

-- Dave Ritter

MoviMED | MoviTHERM

(also author of "LabVIEW GUI - Essential Techniques")

[wiebe@CARYA]

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@The_Seeker wrote:

wiebe@CARYA,

Only 26 Views? (I didn't realize it was a Popularity Contest... )

As mentioned, the question was actually vied much more.

It's just that your answer\explanation came a bit out of the blue, the question being off topic, and years earlier.

Yes, transparency is under rated, very interesting, and in general a pain in LabVIEW. Not sure why it's being ignored. A graphical language should provide better graphical tools.