VI Makeover Edition - Part 1

For a long time, I've been meaning to do a series of posts I call the "VI Makeover Edition" where we take a VI front panel from "drab" to "fab!" :-)

I helped "spiffy up" a VI for an NI Week keynote demo last year. It is a graphic equalizer powered by LabVIEW MathScript. You can watch the demo video on ni.com.

The goal was simply to make the VI look better on the big screen, and make it easier to see the operation of the controls from the back of the room.

The original VI looked something like this:

And the final VI looked something like this:

Some of the tips and tricks I plan to cover include:

• VI panel wallpaper
• Background images and locking
• Customizing the parts of a slider control
• Adding decorations to controls
• Using transparent color
• Gradients and graphics
• Grouping and alignment

If you want me to cover these in a particular order or have questions in advance that I should cover, please let me know!