Diadem report templates problem

[devasTated_cZar]

hi

i am kinda new to diadem...I am using Diadem 10. I am making some report templates(.tdr) files so that i can use one of them according to the requirement in future.

1) Now i am using free texts in the template...but they are labeled as 'Text1' or 'Text2'etc. How can i change these lables to 'Title','Date' etc.

2) When using Diadem Report Express VI...is it neccessary to enter text values/ string values thru the 'Text Value' control only?(cant i have terminals in the report generation VI just like we have for signals), If yes, how do you design the text value enum/ring/text array watever it is (for clearity please refer to the attachment)

3)I also wanted to know if it is possible to enter 2 signals through 2 different terminals on the Diadem Report Express VI and plot them ona sigle x-y graph(i mean one signal on x axis and other on y)

[Marian_O]

Hello Abhishek,

thank you for posting at the National Instruments Forum.

1)

You may place 'text' and 'text-objects' in the report and you may see the name of the object in the status-line of DIAdem. DIAdem usually creates the name out of the object by the type (like Text, TextObject, Metafile) followed by an iterated number. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to modify the object name. To change it, open the reportfile (.TDR) in a texteditor and rename the value between the tags "<name>Text1</name>".

Afterwards, you are able to access the object from LabVIEW using the meaningful tag-name!

2)

The only way to pass the textdata for the labels to the DIAdem-Report is using the "Text Values" connector of the Express-VI. Instead of using a control, which appears on the frontpanel, you may use a constant. A constant can be seen on the blockdiagram only:

3)

The easiest way to transfer several signals from LabVIEW to a single XY-Diagramm in the DIAdem-Report is using the "merge signals" 

() function, like you did already. You may take a look into the Express-VI and the Code behind if you right-click "Open Frontpanel":

This offers you the possibility to create a SubVI from the Express-VI and you may fit it to your requirements. We do not recommend it.

I hope, that my explanation clarified your questions about DIAdem and LabVIEW

Best regards from Munich

MarianMO