Printing in LabVIEW

[Emil Radulescu]

Dear All,

I wrote some instrument control programs using LabVIEW and I need to
print some graphs. Have you ever done this? Can anybody help me with
some advice about printing a graphic in a "nice" format using LabVIEW?
Now I use Excel (I export a text file etc.) but it's not a very fast
solution.

Thank you,

Emil Radulescu

Drexel University,
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19104

emil@biomed.drexel.edu

Tel: (215) 895-1829
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[Kevin_work]

Emil Radulescu wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I wrote some instrument control programs using LabVIEW and I need to
> print some graphs. Have you ever done this? Can anybody help me with
> some advice about printing a graphic in a "nice" format using LabVIEW?
> Now I use Excel (I export a text file etc.) but it's not a very fast
> solution.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Emil Radulescu
>

Emil,
One of the easiest ways to do this is to create a SubVI with just the graph
that you want to print on it. Set the Subvi to "Open when Called" "Close
afterwards"
and "Print on completion"
Now all you have to do is call this SubVI and pass the data into it. It will
print
it's front panel (the graph) and close itself.
Kevin Kent

[Peter_Prinzen]

Another way to print is to use the VI-Invoke Node with the VI reference. There
you can print the "Documentation" of the current VI, for example only the
front panel. You can hide uninteresting things on the front panel during
the "printing" and you will so only get i.e. a specific graph.

Hope that helps

Peter

[markwysong@my-deja.com]

When I'm manipulating a graph, and get what I want on the screen, I
just hit File->print from the toolbar. It will print the screen
exactly the way it appears in front of you.

Mark

In article <39736050@newsgroups.ni.com>,
"Peter Prinzen" wrote:
>
> Another way to print is to use the VI-Invoke Node with the VI
reference. There
> you can print the "Documentation" of the current VI, for example only
the
> front panel. You can hide uninteresting things on the front panel
during
> the "printing" and you will so only get i.e. a specific graph.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Peter
>


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