title bar icon

[falkpl]

Can the small icon at the top of a Vi window be customized? Or are we stuck with the labview default icon as free advertisement for NI a client would like their own logo there.

-Paul

[Will.D]

It can be customized, since I've got Magtrol software (written in LabVIEW), which has the Magtrol logo in it...

Not sure how to do it though, but it can be done!

Geoff

[chilly_charly]

The small LV icon at the top will be replaced by your own as soon as you create a stand-alone application, including a custom icon familly (that's an option of the Application Builder).

[zou]

It can be done with Widnows API if you're using Windows.

Take a look G Toolbox at:
http://gtoolbox.yeah.net

[falkpl]

Thanks I will try to build my application with a custom icon. I know I can customize the icon of a Vi and I really like the icon editor, is there any way of saving this icon to an icon file, that would be great. Currently I have to copy and paste it into a graphics program and then save it as a 32x32 icon. I wish the application builder let you edit an icon file right there for linking, LV already has provided the hard code which is the icon editor itself. Maybe there already is this feature, but I haven't found it yet.

[tst]

There is a VI method called Save VI Icon to File. Just call an invoke node.

[falkpl]

Thanks, that will save me time and is great to know. Why did they make this a programatic option and not include it as a simple menu option?

[tst]

Good question. Why don't you make a product suggestion?
I saw somewhere a help file from LV8 for a series of VIs which will allow you to place an icon in the system tray (using ActiveX). Maybe while doing that they also got around to taking care of the LV icon editor.

[falkpl]

Where is the best place to post future LV suggestions?  Usually NI adds most of what I need with each new release (They are very good at always adding functionality, I have been using LV since 4.0)  but there are a few simple changes I would like to suggest.

-Paul

[Dennis_Knutson]

It's called, appropriately enough, the Product Suggestion Center at http://digital.ni.com/applications/psc.nsf/default?openform

Message Edited by Dennis Knutson on 07-01-2005 08:47 AM