Graphical printout difference in 7.11 and 8.5?

[sigu]

Hi,

I have run into a problem when using the picture functions.

I'm using the draw multiple lines function.

I'm using this function in LabView 7.11 to draw a dynamic picture and then make a printout of it.

When I'm doing it in 7.11 I will get nice smooth lines on my printout.

The problem is that we have now lifted our program to 8.5 and when I'm doing the printout in the exact same way the lines are pixelated.

So my question is, in what way does labview 8.5 differ in handling graphic from 7.11?

How to solve this problem to get smooth lines on the printouts?

Best regards,

Simon

[aeastet]

Have yo tried turing ont eh anti-aliased feature in the plot menu? This wil smooth your line some. May this was turned on in 7.1.1 as it is not a defualt setting would probably not carry over when upgrading to 8.5. See example below.

[sigu]

Hmm.

I'm not using a graph on the printout. (forgot to write)

I'm using a Picture control.

On this object it's possible to select Smooth updates on the advanced menu but that only takes effect on screen and not on printouts.

Best regards,

Simon

[aeastet]

What are you drawing in this picture control?

[aeastet]

Also how are you printing? Are you using canned VI's or are you exporting to a different program?

[sigu]

I'm using the builtin picture function draw multiple lines to build my graphic and then put it in an Picture control. (see pic)

I'm printing the vi with the VI properties Print Option "Automatically print front panel every time VI completes execution"

THIS works in 7.11 but not in 8.5

The lines are smooth in 7.11

Message Edited by sigu on 05-05-2008 08:13 AM

[sigu]

I have added the to diffrent files.

The exact same code but one for labview 7.11 and one for labview 8.5

Print and test with both versions, you will see that the print looks fine in 7.11 and pixelated in 8.5

Best regards,

Simon