HELP - ABOUT - Dialog box

I am currently using LV5.1f1 FDS & APP builder on a PC/win95, and I have
a question that I have not been able to find the answer to.....
In some of my earlier applications using LV3.1, 5.0, 5.01f1, I was able
to create a custom About.vi that would be displayed when the user
selected HELP > ABOUT from the menu.
In LV5.1f1, the previous method does not bring up the custom About.vi.
Does anyone know if this feature was removed or changed? Or is this a
bug?
Joe Robinson
GARMIN International
[email protected]

The thread that will not die...
I'm using LabVIEW 8.2.1 on OS X (8.5 is on its way, and I'll give that try). To start, I had to write and external to replace the "About LabVIEW..." item in the application menu to "About myApp", due to an apparent LV bug (discussed in another thread) for my standalone.
I made the About dialog (About.vi) so that it opens centered, transparency 100%, modal, and is not set to show on open or load. The vi sets a display string with the application name and current version, then opens itself (FP.Open = true), shows itself (FP.Transparency = 0), then sits in a while loop till clicked, at which time it sets transparency back to 100 and closes itself.
The problem I'm having is that when the "About..." item is chosen, there is a brief flicker of the window in the "original" position (that is, not centered, but where the vi window was when saved), then it appears where it should (centered) and works correctly. It appears that LabVIEW opens the window, _then_ enforces the 100% transparency (as specified in the vi parameters, not due to program execution).
I've tried running this window from another vi (not via the About menu), and it works perfectly. So, I tried to make an About.vi that would not open at all, but would call my About dialog vi, but this didn't work either--LabVIEW seems to always open the About.vi window, no matter what I try.
This sure appears to be a bug. Any way to fix this?

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