When you add a new picture ring control or text and picture ring control, the control has one item with an empty picture display. To import a picture into a ring control, you must first copy the picture to the clipboard.

LabVIEW can import all graphic files your graphics software supports.

Complete the following steps to import pictures into ring controls.

  1. Copy a picture to the clipboard.
    Tip You can copy the picture from graphics software or from another source, such as a webpage.
  2. Right-click the picture ring control or text and picture ring control and select Import Picture from Clipboard from the shortcut menu.
  3. Copy another picture to the clipboard.
  4. Right-click the picture ring control or text and picture ring control and select Import Picture Before or Import Picture After from the shortcut menu.

To view all pictures that are imported into a ring control, click the picture box with the Operating tool.