Get VI Icon + description (as in help)

[WG-]

Hello,

I've the following question. I have the a VI called test. In the "context help" I get to see this nice picture of it allong with it's in- and outputs as well as the name of the VI. 

Now what I want to know is it possible to save this image + in- and outputs programmatically in LabVIEW? In LabVIEW I only can find the "Icon:Save To File" Invoke method which saves only the VI icon but not the in- and outputs along with it...

[LDHGE]

It's hidden under printing, rather than saving.

Select File|Print

Select your VI or multiple VIs as required & select Next

Select VI documentation & select Next

Select the icon & connector pane.  (Preview will give you a chance to play with the other things & see if you want those too)

Select Next

Select one of the file types to print to & select print.

[WG-]

Yes but isn't that the solution where I use my hands and click my mouse a couple of times?

I want this whole thing automized. So what I got now is a big folder with lots of VI's, I've all their reference's in a array only now what I need is the tool to get icon with its description.

[LDHGE]

Why do you need it programmatically?  Select Multiple VIs on the first dialog, then "select all" and get them all in one go.

[WG-]

Because I want it?

[Darin.K · Accepted solution]

There is a private method to get this image, so your best bet is to try the following:

1) Join the LabVIEW API group.

2) Ask kindly for this method to be exposed to the masses on the LV API discussion board.  Some methods are private for very good reason, others for not-so-obvious reasons.  An NI engineer will consider your request, and if reasonable post some VIs which encapsulate the method.  I have seen a few happy endings this way.

[jcarmody]

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@Darin.K wrote:

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2) Ask kindly for this method to be exposed to the masses on the LV API discussion board.  Some methods are private for very good reason, others for not-so-obvious reasons.  An NI engineer will consider your request, and if reasonable post some VIs which encapsulate the method.  I have seen a few happy endings this way.

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He's right, you know.  I just had one yesterday.

[WG-]

I will try monday currently I've some other things on my mind, thanks for the tip.

[CRoebuck]

Hi there

Did anyone ever find a way of doing this ? (Was the private method exposed, I can't find anything on the community). I've posted another request on the LabVIEW API community discussion board in the the hope that somebody can help.

Regards

Chris

[ninlmartijn]

Dear Chris,

I found the Save VI ConPane Image.vi in the OpenG library (application control tools), this resulted in the attached picture,

best regards,