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[Kruno Jurlina]

I have developed an instrument driver for this scopemeter,but i still can't
capture the whole screen and display it on my monitor.Can anybody help
me??Advice?VI doing this?
Greetings from Croatia!
Thanx!!!
kruno.jurlina@vt.hinet.hr b

[Dennis_Knutson]

Did you know that NI has a driver for this instrument? The link to it at NI's Instrument Driver Network is http://zone.ni.com/idnet97.nsf/9b2b33e1993d877786256436006ec498/48cc5292f79d970f862568ab005fbd5a?OpenDocument. The driver should also be the driver CD that comes with LabVIEW. It's been a long time since I've used it and no longer have the instrument but I don't remember any problems with acquiring the waveform using NI's driver.

[JRA]

I would also suggest using NI's instrument driver for this instrument. If you are unable to, however, what problems are you getting exactly? What do you mean by you "can't capture the whole screen"? Are the values not within the limit of your chart?

[Kruno Jurlina]

JRA wrote in message
news:5065000000050000002F930000-1027480788000@exchange.ni.com...
> I would also suggest using NI's instrument driver for this instrument.
> If you are unable to, however, what problems are you getting exactly?
> What do you mean by you "can't capture the whole screen"? Are the
> values not within the limit of your chart?

Yes,I am using an NI driver,and I have no problems with displaying waveform
from the scope,but it's only a waveform.There is a command "query print"
which scans the Scope display at that moment and sends bytes to the
rs232.And I really get this bytes,but don't know how to convert this data to
be a gif or bmp.Off the record,I don't even think this is possible.Do you??
Thnx,Kruno.

[JRA]

There are actually a couple of choices you have. If you just want to copy the graph itself, it can be copied (mark with Select Tool and Crtl+C) into the Windows RAM and insterted (Crtl+V) into any graphical application (I just use Paint). Then you can save it as a bitmap.

On the other hand, if you want to save an image of the entire VI, there is a VI on NI's webpage, "save panel to image.vi", which can do this for you. You may want to take a look at this website which discusses this issue. Best of luck.