What's the best way to put a programmat​ically sizeable transparen​t image onto a VI front panel

The problem is twofold: 1) how can programmatically read a transparent image (i.e. image with transparent background) and 2) how can I programmatically position and size that image onto a VI front panel. The best luck I had with item 2 was with a boolean custom control with an imported image. However, this control does not have a programmatic method for importing an image, so the image had to be manually cut&pasted into the custom control.

Hi,
If the image is static, it's possible. You can drop a metafile on the front
panel, and use Panel>Decorations> to get a reference to the image. Resize it
as desired.
Changing the image (e.g. from file) is not possible this way, but you can
put multiple images on the screen and change the visibility...
If you want to make a picture viewer, I'd consider an activex control (this
way you can load several picture formats without any programming).
Regards,
Wiebe.
"Jim Campbell" wrote in message
news:506500000008000000AF4E0000-1023576873000@exch​ange.ni.com...
> The problem is twofold: 1) how can programmatically read a transparent
> image (i.e. image with transparent background) and 2) how can I
> programmatically position and size that ima
ge onto a VI front panel.
> The best luck I had with item 2 was with a boolean custom control with
> an imported image. However, this control does not have a programmatic
> method for importing an image, so the image had to be manually
> cut&pasted into the custom control.

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