Open VI's front panel

[Davy]

Hi,

See the included file 'Printing.bmp'.
I am printing a VI's front panel, but before printing I want to open another VI's front panel that is showing the message 'Printing...'(P'ting). This VI's front panel should be closed after printing. But the front panel of P'ting.vi could not be drawn completely within the printing time. I just can see the borders of the VI. How can I solve this?

greetings

Davy

[teddy 150]

You coul try to open the frontpannel before starting to print. Start to print. Close the Front pannel...

[Davy]

That's what I am doing !!!

[eh]

Add a delay between opening the print screen vi splashscreen and the actual VI to print. Make sure you use the error in and error out to enforce the data flow between the two actions. LabVIEW 7 has a delay function with the error in and error out clusters.

[Davy]

Hi Eh,

I tried the delay, but is only working if a use a delay of 5 seconds. Isn't there a more efficient methodto solve the problem

Davy

[eh]

You could try something like this.

[teddy 150]

Sorry I did not see the picture...
I don't know what your CPU is like, but the time LV needs to send the printing commands is very small.
When using a pause, use a sequence to be sure that the pause starts before the printing.