text to icon converter for LabVIEW icons

[bmihura]

I'd like to be able to type a text phrase and have it end up on the icon of a VI. Is there a tool to do this? I find text more useful than pictures on the icon of a VI.

Here are some features I'd implement if I were to build this from scratch:
* On the icon, use "Small Fonts" font, size 8, all caps as this is the most efficient use of space that I know of.
* If a phrase is too large to fit on the icon, suggest ways of abbreviating or hyphenating some words. Have the application learn what I want to do over time, or at least how I like to abbreviate various words.
* Pick the text from the name of the VI, whether it uses "CamelNamingLikeThis", "unix_style_naming", or simply spaces between names.

Bruce

[unclebump]

You can import an image of the icon. 32 x 32 pixels. You could make something with the picture control and draw text on the picture.

[TCPlomp]

Or you can get some inspiration here

Ton

[bmihura]

Thanks Ton, that LAVA post is a perfect starting point. It contains the core of what I want to do.

Bruce