Create parameters sheet in Vision Builder

I'm using Vision Builder AI (Trial), and I found it very interesting.
But, while you can configure complex vision inspection, it seems you can't
set-up one or more parameters sheets to for the user to change some treshold
or some min/max limit.
I saw this example: http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/1705
but it uses Labview to create the form:
1 - I don't want to pay for the labview license only for some parameters settings
2 - The window is continuosly flickering during the execution,so it is very difficult to resize, move,oeven change someting in it!
So,is there any way to set some parameters sheet to let the user easly change inspection tresholds during the execution?
Thanks,
Simone.
Simone

Hey Simone,
Yes, your explanation does clear things up. I think you can achieve what you are looking for using User Input steps in VBAI 3.0 and you could do this by creating an overlay on a black image. The interface would not be very nice and clean though. The only way to do it without the awkward interface is that I recommend purchasing LabVIEW.
If there are only a few parameters you would like to be able to change, then doing it in VBAI 3.0 would be really simple and very clean. Now to have an entire sheet of parameters would be a little overwhelming. Are you familiar with “User Input”? There are ways to save the data acquired but no way to open the data once it has been saved inside an inspection. I would recommend checking out the User Input step, but remember that without LabVIEW you will not be able to open previously saved settings from a file.
This most recent release of VBAI was huge (we added the state diagram functionality) and we are always looking for ways to improve the software. I really like your suggestion and would love for you to create a product suggestion.
Kind regards,
Jordan
Jordan Randall
National Instruments Italy

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