Adding images in custom dialog box

Hi!
Do you know if it's possibile to insert an image in a custom dialog box? I mean during the custom dialog box design (during the .dre file creation).
Thanks to all!

Hi Stemens,
I'm hesitant to answer your questions anymore because somebody always comes behind and shows everybody how much I don't know Anyway, I do not know of a way. I remember that there have been other developers discussing this and I think everybody just gave up. I have never seen an image in a dialog box, so that tends to indicate to me that no one has found a way.
Russ

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> I'm developing data acquisition/control software and need to give the end
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> saved during operations. In the past, users have been confused with a
> simple string control that specifies the data file path, so I would prefer
> to move to the popup/dialog box standard to windows. Unfortunately,
calling
> a dialog box results in the stoppage of program flow for the caller until
> the dialog box is closed (even though there may be no apparent data flow
> from the popup VI.) and stopping the program flow is not an option for
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the
> control function for an unknown length of time is unacceptable).
>
> I am looking for the best way to accomplish this under LabVIEW 6i.
>
> Using a VI class reference through VI Server, I can essentially detach the
> popup window from the base program execution, spawning a separate
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> global variables. If I call the subroutine via VI server with "Wait until
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> correctly, and terminates as expected. Unfortunately, it remains visible
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