LabView how to put text as a scale on a graph

[steve h]

LabView 7.1

I wish to add text as a scale (eg A B C) on a xy graph. It seems I can hide the scale (1 to 10) and then add some text (decoration) where the numeric scale was; this looks ok. However when I put this waveform graph into a report (as append control image) the added text on the graph does not appear.

What can be done?

[smercurio_fc]

see here and here

[altenbach]

The problem is that the report gets the image of the graph, so if we have a composite solution, we won't get the image of the "non-graph" parts.

As mentiond years ago, it would be nice if graph axes would allow text labels natively. Nearly all the components are already in place. It could be handled similarly to "text labels" for the scales of slide controls, which we already have. 🙂

[smercurio_fc]

Good point.

Two alternatives that I can think of, though I don't know how suitable/effective these would be:

• Use the picture XY graph, though that would require using a modified version of the subVI that draws the scales to create a text-based scale rather than a numeric scale. Or, you could use the stock VI as is, and then erase the scale and redraw it yourself.
• Get the XY Graph image and then effectively do the same as above with erasing and redrawing the x axis.