LabVIEW PDA customize boolean control with picture

For a PDA application, I'm looking for a way to customize a boolean indicator. To do this I went in the customize option of the boolean and then import picture for the false and true state. in programming mode I see the correct picture for the different states but when I download this application on my PDA (TPC-2006 with winCE) in only see a blank picture on the boolean. Is this a limitation of the LabVIEW PDA or is there another way to do this ? (see example in attachement)
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Hey Poussin,
You bumped into a boundry of LabVIEW PDA. LabVIEW PDA did not support custom controls at all uptil very recently. Only since LV PDA 7.1 there are a few features which are possible like coloring and resizing, see the link below.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/08DD9CAACA1F64F586256E920061E4CD?OpenDocument
Using pictures however is not possible. The control will have its functionality on the PDA but it will not show its decoration.
Regards,
Wouter
National Instruments

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