Is Smart Dashboard really this limited?

[PhilBot]

After several years of using LabVIEW and building cool custom Dashboards, we've switched to Java and I'm totally frustrated by the basic nature of the Smart Dashbaord....

I'm using a USB cam so it doesn't seem like I can use the more advanced one.

Some questions:

If I'm using iterative control mode, is there really no way I can setup a drop-down multiple choice for selecting autonomous features using the Dashboard?

I see the Command based version, but even this won't give me basic parameter selection (like mode selections within a standard Auto program.

Can I interface a Java control program with a LabVIEW dashboard?

I don't even seem to be able to get a basic slider I can trick into selecting delay times... Is there nothing better than this dashboard?

Phil.