Can't change front panel background

[Jim_Marihew]

I have tried right clicking on the scroll bar and selecting properties, but the background doesn't change.  I get this dashed line across my front panel.  For simplicity I tried the backgrounds that ship with LabVIEW, with no more success.  Also, I copied some images to the background folder, but they don't show up in the dialog.

[GerdW]

Hi Jim,

attach your VI and your background image so we can try to replicate/examine your problem…

[Jim_Marihew]

Hi Gerd.  Unfortunately I can't do that.  My company is SUPER strict about sharing anything, even if it's not proprietary.  One of the posts I saw suggested to reinstall/repair.  Not my preferred option.  I did this before, but that was another computer & LabVIEW version (now on 2020).

[JÞB]

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@Jim_Marihew wrote:

Hi Gerd.  Unfortunately I can't do that.  My company is SUPER strict about sharing anything, even if it's not proprietary.  One of the posts I saw suggested to reinstall/repair.  Not my preferred option.  I did this before, but that was another computer & LabVIEW version (now on 2020).

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Is it visible in Run mode or only opened for editing (Use CTRL+M to toggle Mode?)   Save a copy of that vi then delete everything from the block diagram.  Inline a snippet of the code (from the empty BD Edit Menu >>Select All (CTRL+A) then Edit Menu >>Create Snippet.   This creates a *.png file with the VI embedded.  Place that Snippet into your post.  Also use the Windows snipping tool and show the resulting FP with the artifact visible.   I suspect that it is a real FP object of class Decoration or possibly a splitter.  You could also use the scripting methods to traverse all FP Objects.

[Yamaeda]

I think Jay is onto something here, adding a splitter and changing the right background gives this effect with a very similar selection box:

[Jim_Marihew]

Hi Jay, my first snippet.  With an empty BD, create snippet was grayed out.  Threw in a boolean, and it worked.

[JÞB]

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@Jim_Marihew wrote:

Hi Jay, my first snippet.  With an empty BD, create snippet was grayed out.  Threw in a boolean, and it worked.

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Go figure!  And the Compiler is smart enough to see that unwired constant and exclude it from the compiled object anyways 🙄😴

The bigger questions are if the artifact is still visible (you did not drop the FP snip into your post)  and,  if you see it in run mode.

[Jim_Marihew]

Like I said, hadn't done a snippet before.  Files I have.

[JÞB]

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@Jim_Marihew wrote:

Like I said, hadn't done a snippet before.  Files I have.

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VI Viewer for Android is missing from my phone. (Oh...dang there isn't one)  so, I can't see the FP of the snippet and need a screenshot of it from the Windows Snipping tool as well as the LabVIEW Snippet.   Other Posters can recreate your vi from the LabVIEW snippet and help identify what the artifact or object is.

[Jim_Marihew]

Pine background selected, but that looks like the oak.  Dashed line with no background image in the second snip.