Remove a picture control's frame ?

I have an app where I need to place several 200x200 pixel picture controls on the front panel.
I would like to remove the standard frame/border so that only the content is displayed.
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Use the picture from the classic pallette and use the paint brush tool to color the border transparent (T).
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Can you programmatically change a picture control frame/border

In a platform neutral manner can I programmatically change a picture control frame/border
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You can make it look that way using many differnt methods.
The simplest is to make the border transparent and put a boolean behind the picture. Size the boolean so it looks like it is the border of the picture. Change the color of the boolean and you are on you way.
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How could I possibly remove the default picture in the picture control?

I've been using the picture control and a bit of code to create a zoom effect on a picture. It all works great however I get a labview picture when the Vi is first loaded. I'm trying to get a blank area instead cause it doesn't look really tidy!
I've attached a picture and my code.
Thanks for your help
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Picture Zoom.vi ‏100 KB

The image is configured to be the default value of "Picture". In other words: you have to get rid of the default. You can do this by either:
a) Delete "Picture" and create it again. Disadvantage: You have to recreate all property nodes connected to this control.
b) Load an empty picture and then select "Data Operations >> Make Current Value Default".
hope this helps,
Norbert
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Window title and borders for Render Window (3D Picture Control)

Hi all,
some more questions on the 3D picture control.
I use the external render window, because in the solarsystem.vi demo, the 3d picture control appears to be very slow. The render window is much faster there. (I haven't tried it for my application though.)
I'd like to display a full screen 3D animation. How the hell do I get rid of the window title bar (I can set it to empty, but the bar itself remains), and the borders of the render window?
Regards
Matthias

The update speed of the solarsystem example is 2 ms (in the timeout event). This would result in 500 updates per second, witch is totally redundant. Put it on 33 ms, and you'll still get smooth updates, and much better performance! No monitor will update 500 times a second, and your eye can only see 25-30 frames per second anyway.
With this, you could probably use the normal 3d control (indicator actually). The window doesn't have any way to remove the title bar.
(You can do some things with window API's, but removing the titlebar is only possible by creating a new class, a new window, and then it would be impossible to tell LabVIEW to use this window...)
If you'd make the render window full screen, how would you close your application? There is no way (or I'm missing it) to get events back from the render window.
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Wiebe.

Can an InCopy editor add, remove and edit a text frame placed inside the main story text frame?

I think I already know the answer to this which is - no. I'll explain why I am asking the question in a second, but the reason I think the simple answer is no is because - text frames are controlled by a designer in the layout file, an editor using incopy can only edit the text and images placed inside text frames, and so cannot resize them, add or delete them.
Ok, so the reason I have asked this.
Is there a way around this so that editors in incopy can edit certain types of text frame that are contained within the main text frame? I'm using these text frames to contain specific paragraph styles, giving them a boxed look and also with an anchored icon in the top left of the text frame depending on the type of paragraph it is. See screenshot as an example of a green text frame that I am using to contain paragraphs of type "tip".
If it is not possible for editors in incopy to add, edit or resize these text frames (green tip frame in the example above), then how else can I style these paragraphs to give the same visual appearance, but without the use of wrapping them in a text frame?
One (not so good) way around this is for the designer to add the text frames in the layout file after he gets the content back from the editor, then moving the "tip" paragraphs into these newly created text frames. However when the editor updates the content in incopy and gets these new text frames in their copy, they can not then delete them if they wish to, or if they add or reduce content inside of these green text frames then the frames dont grow to fit their edited content. So I dont think its a solution for the designer to control the adding, removing and resizing of these frames.
UPDATE: I have just discovered that once a text frame has been placed into the document by the designer and the editor updates their copy in incopy- they can then use the "Position Tool" to select that text frame - allowing them to resize it, or delete it! Fantastic. But would the editor be able to add these frames in themselves to begin with? Maybe have a document containing all of the objects available to them, copy and paste one of them into the main document and edit its content? Does anyone have any advice on how to go about this? Essentially I would like the editor to control the insertion, editing and removal of these inline text frames.

True. But when all I am trying to achieve is a border around a paragraph, use of a table seems overkill to me. But if thats the only solution I have so far then I will have to go down that route.
It would be useful to have an object libraries panel in InCopy so that editors can drag across predefined text frames into their doc via InCopy, but I cant see that option in InCopy. is there one? I have also thought about exporting the frames as seperate InDesign Snippets and saving them to an objects folder, then when an editor needs to insert one into their doc they simply use File > Place > "Choose required text frame snippet". However I have found that InCopy can't place InDesign snippets so that theory was a failure. Is there another format I could use to save the objects and bring them into InCopy? List below shows my findings so far for trying to save/export a text frame from InDesign and then import into InCopy:
InDesign Snippet (.idms) - can't import into InCopy
InDesign Document (.indd) - imports content as an image - only editable in InDesign
InDesign Template (.indt) - imports content as an image - only editable in InDesign
InDesign Library (.indl) - can't import into InCopy - no panel available in InCopy for object libraries (that I can see...)
InCopy Markup (.icml) - only imports the text, loses the text frame

Open pdf and display it in picture control or picture box in LV8.5

Im trying to open a pdf in labview v8.5 and post it in a picture control or picture box (activeX). Any help would be appreciated. thanks.
M

mblu,
Check out these Forums that seem to have figured out how to do this using ActiveX.
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How do I fix project after "Remove From Version Control" corrupted it?

I am using RoboHelp 9.0.1 and installed both Tortoise SVN 1.6.9 and latest PushOK SVNSCC then added my large RoboHelp project to SVN. I was able to check in and out files from SVN but had several issues with it:
1) Super super slow. Working with folders or any renames would take 10 seconds per file and up to 1 hour if needed to refresh the root folder.
2) I could not perform some actions at all, such as delete, rename, or move folders. I kept getting COM errors.
I therefore decided that working with SVN and RoboHelp is not practical, at least not on my VPN so I decided to disconnect the project from source control and just work locally. The only option that I saw that sounded like it would do that was the "Remove from Version Control". This started a process that lasted for several hours. At the end of it, I now have several significant issues:
1) The order of the files and folders in my Project Manager is completely wrong now. I have almost 1000 topics and reordering all of them is not possible.
2) The Table of Contents, Glossary, and Index files appear empty. They had content before.
2) A couple of the Single Source Layouts I had created are completely missing.
3) Many, but not all, of the folders have tons of files with the extension ending in "_temp_removed_by_svn"
4) Many, but not all, of the files are actually gone from SVN so I can't recover a clean image. There was no warning that this command would actually delete the files from SVN (I thought it would just remove the version control connection).
5) Who know what other issue exist that I haven't seen.
Any idea how I can fix this?
Thanks in advance,
Dan

Are the "_temp_removed_by_svn" files in your local folder or SVN? Let us know how you get on with the new project. It sounds like something is wrong with SVN. Can you use the SVN Log command to see whether there is a different version you can restore. This might also give you an indication of what might have caused the problem. You could try deleting your CPD file. It gets rebuilt it is isn't there anyway. This file can become bloated and it is good practice to delete it when it gets close to 2mb in size. Your project is fairly large and has a lot of folders and may affect performance. Have you considered splitting them and merging the output? I know you probably don't want to consider this right now, but I think it may be a better long term solution.
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How do you remove a picture from a theme?

Hi all gurus.
This must be the most silly question so far in the forum but I have to ask again: How do you remove a picture from a theme?
I uploaded a background picture for the Masthead Function Area but now I want to remove it. Since the correspodning field is blank when you go into the editor you can't erase the picture's URL
What you can do is to browse to, and choose, a new picture and then erase the URL in the field. The mentioned area is then actually emptied and the color set in the field "Background Color of Masthead Function" is shown.
But, and here is the problem, when you save the theme the picture is back again! Isn't there the possibility to show the background color, for which there is a field, instead of a picture? Do I really have to upload a picture just containing the color I want to have??? If so, that must be one of the most stupid functionaliteis I have seen in the portal so far, indeed...
I'm most grateful for every suggestion of how to solve this in a decent way and not the idiotic "replace picture with another picture" way.
Best regards
Benny

Hi Raghu.
Unfortunately it didn't help. Their solution with writing "none" in the field is only applicable for those objects where you have a field determening ways of showing the object. There you have the different behaviours like "repeat", "non-repeat" and "none" and there you can write it directly in the field.
The field of which I am talking doesn't have these options and hence not "none". I still tried it though but it didn't work, the picture was back after saving the theme.
Best regards
Benny

How do I apply a texture to an imported .stl file in 3D Picture Control?

Hi, I'm trying to apply a 2D image as a texture to an imported .stl file in 3D picture control. It works fine if I'm using a standard shaped mesh created in LabVIEW, however is there a way in which a texture can be applied to an imported model that isn't a standard shape, in my case a balloon. I've attached the an image of the Sub vi where I apply the texture. The object just shows up as a flat colour. Do I need to define how the image is applied to the mesh due to it being a non-standard shape? If so, any pointers would be appreciated.
Many thanks.
Oh, I'm using LabVIEW 2009 SP1.
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stl texture problem.jpg ‏60 KB

Apologies, been trying all afternoon and then a couple of minutes after posting, I figured it out. Using a property node for the Scenemesh reference, I set the property TextureGenMode to Spherical and it appears to now display the texture on the mesh.

Loop delay when using two VI's with picture controls simultaneously

Hey all,
I have observed an odd behavior and I'm not quite sure why it happens. I have two VI's that are mapping GPS coordinates onto XY graphs that are displayed on top of picture controls. When the maps from both of the VI's are visible on screen the loops get delayed by as much as a second, but if you just cover the map portion with another window they go back to looping at twice a second as they should. It took me a little while to figure this part out, let me tell you. There are no computing limitations that should be affecting it since my CPU is only at 10-12% and have 4GB of RAM available. I checked the GPU too just in case and it was sitting at 3% usage, so no hold up there. Anyone have any experience with something like this happening to them? It has me stumped.
I though it might have to do with how LabVIEW handled them, so I went ahead and made them into EXE's and tried it out with the same results.
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
dnorman

dnorman wrote:
Is it possible to run the redraw of the picture tiles in parallel, on multiple cores, if they are going into the same control?
I doubt it. Even if the picture control wasn't pretty old (and it is), I don't know of any mechanism which will give you this level of control.
Here are potential options. I have no idea if they will help:
Instead of building separate commands, process the data in such a way that you have a single raster image (i.e. a 2D array) to place into the control. I believe this should be faster.
Use another type of display (such as a .NET indicator).
Instead of using the XY graph, overlay the data directly onto the image (there should be some graph VIs in the picture palette which might help).
Try defering panel updates before updating all the controls and undefering after. I don't think this will help, but it's probably the easiest change to make.
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Inserting a small graphics in a picture control

Does any one have an example code for inserting a small graphics/8 bit bmp file (15x15) in a relatively large (240x360) 8 bit jpeg image at known location in LabVIEW using Picture Control? Thanks in advance.

Hello,
To read an image file (BMP, JPG, PNG) and put it into a picture control you can use the OpenG function "draw image from file", and then use the picture control property "Zoom" to fit it correctly.
Here's an example :
You can get OpenG functions from here.
Hope this helps.
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2D picture control doesn't refresh properly

I have an application which displays a picture in a 2D picture indicator and draws a few rectangles and lines on top of the picture.
The locations of these lines change throughout the day, and the application is designed to run minimized and then provide a quick-look at various status items when it is restored by the user.
While minimized however, the image does not appear to get updated, even though my code is updating it once per second. I can't actually tell what happens when it's minimized obviously, but the behavior persists for some time after the window is restored, and the state it is 'frozen' at is from the time it was minimized.
There are other digital indicators on the front panel getting updated in the same 1Hz loop, so I know it is just the 2D picture indicator that's not working--i.e., something with LabVIEW or system related is causing the image not to refresh while it's minimized, and more importantly, for some time after the application is restored.
Some things that will cause a successful refresh to the displayed image after I restore from the task bar to a stale display:
Minimize again, then restore again (of the LabVIEW window)
Probing the datapath on the BD for the final Draw Line output that connects to the indicator
Waiting for awhile (15 seconds? 30 seconds?)
I also tried setting the following property node with no effect:
VI > Panel > Defer Panel Updates > Set to False
Another way to think about this would be to imagine a 2D picture control with an analog clock, where lines are drawn for minute and hour hands, and updated once per second. This is not what I'm doing but the example is easy to understand. When the application is restored from the taskbar, the clock appears frozen in time from the last time it was minimized.
Same behavior running this in LV 2012 and 2013... I am looking for any other property nodes or refresh methods to force a refresh at 1Hz, regardless if the display is visible. The display should be immediately up-to-date when the application is restored by the user.
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You could try looking at the panel resize event (to recognize the restoring) and then force an update using one of the following methods (I have no idea if they will help):
Set defer to T and only then to F.
Set defer to T when minimizing.
Set the FP window state to something else (hidden, minimized, etc.) and then to standard. This should ideally do the same thing you did with minimizing and restoring again.
Use the window position property to place the window off the screen and then back in its original position.
See if you can toggle the synch. updates property programmatically.
Have a hidden control displayed over the picture control and then hide it.
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Save content of picture control as .jpg into excel file?

Is it possible to save the contents shown of a picture control as a jpeg file into an excel file along with other data? Is this possible without using ActiveX? If I have to use ActiveX how do I use this?
Thanks

Hello AndyBE,
ActiveX is definitely going to be your best bet. I�ve attached an example that should meet your needs. Let me know if this works for you.
Have a nice day!
Robert Mortensen
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
Robert Mortensen
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Picture_To_XL_(6i).vi ‏133 KB

How can I load a graphic in SOFFCONT1 into an SAP picture control?

At my customer site, GOS attachments to PM notifications are stored in SOFFCONT1, so I can't use cl_bds_document_set to get a URL that I can pass to the load method of the SAP picture control.
How can I load the actual graphic in SOFFCONT1 into an SAP picture control?
Or do I have to configure IW22 so it stores in BDS content servers, not SOFFCONT1?
If this is the case, how do configure IW22 so GOS knows to store attachments as BDS documents rather than in SOFFCONT1 ???
Thanks
djh

This explains how to make sure your PC and bin documents are saved on your HTTP content server, instead of in the database:
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3D Picture Control Orthographic View zoom - Camera Set up?

I am trying to display two 3D picture controls. One displays some objects in 3D (Auto Projection: Perspective, Camera Controller: Spherical). This 3D image works great and I am having no problems with it. The other Picture Contol is meant to simulate a 2D image of the 3D object, essentially a Plan View. To do this I made a 3D picture control with a Orthographic view. I set the camera to view from above (z-axis) and set the target to be positive y-axis.
I have attached an example vi (labview 2013 SP1) that creates some simple 3D objects and displays them in Perspective and Orthographic using the same Camera Position. On initial start, the Orthographic image is zoomed in heavily. If I manually zoom it (Hold Shift button and mouse up or down), then the Orthographic image will set itself to the correct Camera position. This is essentially the solution to my problem, but I can't assume the user will have the ability to manually zoom the image. So I need to set it programmatically.
If you manual adjust the view on either screen (rotate and zoom), then click the Set Camera button, both images will give a plan view, but only the Perspective Image will be at the correct camera zoom or distance. The Orthographic stays at the last zoom distance.
Is there any way to set the Camera distance for Orthographic projection programmatically? I have tried starting with the 3D picture control as perspective, set the camera distance and then changing it to orthographic, but this still results in a zoomed orthographic image. From the reading I have done, I think I am trying to the impossible. Does any one have another suggestion to get the same result. I have previously used the 2D picture functions to generate the image but found that method inefficient.
And suggestions would be great.
Thanks
Relec
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3D_projection_Test.vi ‏38 KB

Hi Relec,
thank you (and Kudos) for that inspiring demo!
Took me while to work it out, but I might have found something that could help us with the orthographic projection.
Sometime back someone posted a way to collect the current Camera data. Sorry I lost the source. But here is my version as a Get3DCameraPosition.vi using the ModelViewMatrix.
Unfortunatly this doesn't return the current Target and so a bit of guessing in the right Direction is necessary.
I'm impressed you found a way to make the Shift-Drag Zoom-movement possible on the orthographic window.
It seems a whole thread at http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/3D-Picture-Control-Doesn-t-Zoom-in-Orthographic-Mode/td-p/1544460/page/2 wasn't able to find that out.
In the meantime I've found a way using the ProjectionMatrix to create a zoom-effect which I build into your demo using the mouse wheel.
All in all I've tried to translate camera movements from the perspective window in the ortho - assuming this is what you were after?!
Again the missing target information doesn't make it quite right.
Regs
Jannis

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