LabVIEW Community Site
 
Welcome to DBI's LabVIEW Community site. This site is for you - the Engineers, the Scientists,  the commercial software developers exploiting the great advantages of LabVIEW 8.
For the better part of ten (10) years DBI has been providing a targeted selection of reusable objects that allow engineers, scientists and commercial software developers to quickly add standard Windows-style presentations, navigation functionality, data management and scheduling solutions.
With the expert assistance of our LabVIEW customers and most notably  J. Daren Suntych (National Analytics) we have a great collection of LabVIEW examples using DBI components and a growing collection of LabVIEW focused utilities and technical tips. We look forward to your interactive participation in the growth of this exciting community web space.  Please, share your LabVIEW experiences and impart any suggestions that you may have, sending us e-mails as often as you like to:  labview_AT_dbi-tech.com. We look forward to hearing from you.  For additional information on a monthly basis, look for interesting articles and other points of reference in the DBI Developer Bulletin.
 
ActiveX Tech Tip and Utility:
When using ActiveX components in LabVIEW, there's a great way to surface the property pages of the actual components you want to access using a LabVIEW specific component container.  The following presentation provides a more detailed explanation of how to incorporate a LabVIEW specific container:  
 

click on an image for a full view and corresponding procedural comments:

 
   
 ...select the activeX container...      ...select Advanced customize…
           
 ...change to customize mode...      ...widen one of the outside edges...
           
 ...back to Edit mode...      ..."Replace the original control...