I all ready answered Don's Q on Info-LabVIEW. For the record, his reply follows;
" Worked great, especially after I added 10 pixels to the final result., thanks again, Don At 11:52 AM 3/2/2004 -0500, you wrote: Under the picture control functions there is a VI that let you put text in a picture. It lets you spec the string and font etc, and returns the size of the text in pixels. That should do it! "get Text Rect.VI" Ben " Ben <a href="http://exchange.ni.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=101&RPAGEID=261&HRedirected=True&HUserId=101_3529&RFORMNUMBER=6";>Ben Rayner</a> <a href=" http://volt.ni.com/niwc/common.jsp?page=products_certification_cld&node=10638";> Certified LabVIEW Developer </a> www.DSAutomation.com
