10-14-2015 04:31 AM
Hello,
unfortunately LabView doesn`t support PDF generation by default.
Because of that I created a Frontpanel, which looks like the PDF Document, I want to create.
I can print this Frontpanel with an installed PDF Generator and all works fine.
It is unfortunately possible that this document has to have more than one page.
Is there any possibility to print the Frontpanel in several pages?
10-14-2015 04:40 AM
Edit: Crosspost: http://www.labviewforum.de/Thread-Frontpanel-mehrseitig-drucken
10-14-2015 05:02 AM
Or this there maybe a freeware add on for pdf creation?
The document needs to have a header with images (logo) lines, text and so on and it needs to have a footer with text and lines.
Is there any freeware which is able to create that?
10-14-2015 09:17 AM
I have knowledge of three toolkit for generating PDF in LabVIEW (maybe they are more):
1 - Carya PDF Toolkit for LabVIEW (a free version and a professionnal version - https://www.carya.nl/products/pfd-toolkit-labview/ )
2 - Exaprom PDF 2.0 (free - https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-10952 )
3 - SAI PDF (I am not sure if they have a free version but they have an evaluation version - https://www.simplicityai.com/custom-pdf-generator/ )
Exaprom PDF and SAI PDF are both based on iTextSharp 4.1.6.
10-14-2015 04:21 PM
I'm a fan of Exaprom, which has a print front panel function, which basically copies the front panel as an image and then adds it.
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10-14-2015 11:57 PM
Hey Guys,
thanks for your replies.
I will have a look at them but I think I will generate a Word document with a template .dot file and send it to the installed PDF Printer.
Will see, if this is easier or the PDF Toolkits you posted.
Does anyone know how I can set a placeholder or "textmark" for a pie diagram? I have a 3D Pie Graph on my Frontpanel in LabView and need to print it into my template.
Any experience in this?
Best regards
TDO